Magnetic recording medium

Abstract

A coating type magnetic recording medium particuarly suitable as a mangetic disk is provided, which comprises a substrate and a magnetic layer of a plate magnetic powder and a binder on the substrate. Selection is made such that the plate magnetic powder has an average particle diameter of up to 0.2 .mu.m and an average flakiness of at least 2, the magnetic layer is up to 1.8 .mu.m thick, and the magnetic recording medium has a coercive force of a value x in Oe and a rectangular ratio Br/Bm of a value y both in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic layer surface, which fall in the range defined by the following equations: 400.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.800, y.ltoreq.1, and 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.75 where 750.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.800, and 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.-0.001x+1.5 where 400.ltoreq.x<750.

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