Provided are a magnetic tape, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including the magnetic tape. The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. An amount of a fluid lubricant extracted from a surface of the magnetic layer after sliding on a magnetic head in an environment of a temperature of 60° C.±1° C. and a relative humidity of 10% is 50% or more of an amount of the fluid lubricant extracted from the surface of the magnetic layer before the sliding, on a mass basis.

Magnetic powder includes: at least one epsilon-phase iron oxide-based compound selected from the group consisting of -Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 and a compound represented by Formula (1); and a surface treatment layer including a silane compound on at least a part of a surface. The magnetic powder has an average particle diameter of 8 nm to 20 nm. The content ratio of carbon atoms of the silane compound included in the surface treatment layer to iron atoms of the at least one epsilon-phase iron oxide-based compound selected from the group consisting of -Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 and the compound represented by Formula (1) is 0.05% to 0.5% in terms of the number of atoms. A manufacturing method thereof and applications thereof are also provided. In Formula (1), A represents at least one metal element other than Fe and a represents a number that satisfies a relationship of 0<a<2.
-A.sub.aFe.sub.2-aO.sub.3(1)

Provided are a magnetic tape, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including the magnetic tape. The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. An amount of a fluid lubricant extracted from a surface of the magnetic layer after sliding on a magnetic head in an environment of a temperature of 60? C.?1? C. and a relative humidity of 10% is 50% or more of an amount of the fluid lubricant extracted from the surface of the magnetic layer before the sliding, on a mass basis.

Magnetic powder includes: at least one epsilon-phase iron oxide-based compound selected from the group consisting of -Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 and a compound represented by Formula (1); and a surface treatment layer including a silane compound on at least a part of a surface. The magnetic powder has an average particle diameter of 8 nm to 20 nm. The content ratio of carbon atoms of the silane compound included in the surface treatment layer to iron atoms of the at least one epsilon-phase iron oxide-based compound selected from the group consisting of -Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 and the compound represented by Formula (1) is 0.05% to 0.5% in terms of the number of atoms. A manufacturing method thereof and applications thereof are also provided. In Formula (1), A represents at least one metal element other than Fe and a represents a number that satisfies a relationship of 0<a<2.

-A.sub.aFe.sub.2-aO.sub.3(1)