Magnetic recording medium and process for the preparation of the same

A process for the preparation of a magnetic recording medium which comprises the steps of:

• coating a magnetic paint for the formation of a first magnetic recording layer over a surface of a travelling nonmagnetic support to give a coated layer of the magnetic paint;
• coating a magnetic paint for the formation of a second magnetic recording layer containing a magnetic powder which has a coercive force of 400 to 2,000 Oe, said coercive force being 1.0-2.5 times the coercive force of the magnetic powder contained in the first magnetic recording layer, and having a mean longitudinal length of not longer than 0.35 .mu.m, said mean longitudinal length being 0.4-1.0 times of the mean longitudinal length of the magnetic powder contained i the first magnetic recording layer, over the coated layer of the magnetic paint for the formation of a first magnetic recording layer while the coated layer is wet;
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• providing a mixed area of compositions of the first magnetic recording layer and the second magnetic recording layer which has a thickness of 0.1 to 1.1 .mu.m between the first and second magnetic recording layers by placing one pole of a bar magnet in close vicinity to the surface of the travelling support and thereby inverting particles of the magnetic powder contained in each of the first and second magnetic recording layers while both magnetic recording layers are wet.