A ceramic composition contains Fe, Cu, Ni, Zn, Co, and Cr. When Fe, Cu, Ni, and Zn are converted to Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, CuO, NiO, and ZnO, respectively, and when a total amount of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, CuO, NiO, and ZnO is 100 parts by mole, the ceramic composition contains 45.00 to 49.70 parts by mole Fe in terms of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, 2.00 to 8.00 parts by mole Cu in terms of CuO, 19.40 to 45.40 parts by mole Ni in terms of NiO, and 1.00 to 27.00 parts by mole Zn in terms of ZnO. When Fe, Cu, Ni, and Zn are converted to Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, CuO, NiO, and ZnO, respectively, and when a total amount of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, CuO, NiO, and ZnO is 100 parts by weight, the ceramic composition contains 5 to 100 ppm Co in terms of CoO and 10 to 400 ppm Cr in terms of Cr.sub.2O.sub.3.

An inductor core includes a tubular shaped or pillar shaped magnetic main body comprising a magnetic material. The magnetic main body includes: an inclined portion including an inclined surface with an outer circumferential surface of a truncated cone having an outer diameter increasing from one end of the magnetic main body toward the other end; and a straight body portion that is coaxial with the inclined portion and extends from the other end toward the one end, the straight body portion being connected to the inclined portion and including an outer peripheral surface with an outer circumferential surface of a circle tubular body or a cylindrical column body. A skewness Rsk of an outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion located near the inclined portion is smaller than a skewness Rsk of an outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion located near the other end.

An inductor core includes a tubular shaped or pillar shaped magnetic main body comprising a magnetic material. The magnetic main body includes: an inclined portion including an inclined surface with an outer circumferential surface of a truncated cone having an outer diameter increasing from one end of the magnetic main body toward the other end; and a straight body portion that is coaxial with the inclined portion and extends from the other end toward the one end, the straight body portion being connected to the inclined portion and including an outer peripheral surface with an outer circumferential surface of a circle tubular body or a cylindrical column body. A skewness Rsk of an outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion located near the inclined portion is smaller than a skewness Rsk of an outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion located near the other end.

A hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder is significantly more useful for achieving simultaneously both the enhancement of the recording density and the enhancement of the SNR of a magnetic recording medium. The hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder contains Bi at a Bi/Fe molar ratio in a range of 0.035 or less, has a saturation magnetization σs of 42.0 Am.sup.2/kg or more and a Dx volume calculated based on the crystallite diameters of 1,800 nm.sup.3 or less. A method for producing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder includes a step of performing a treatment of immersing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder containing Bi in a solution having dissolved therein a compound X that forms a complex with Bi, so as to elute a part of Bi existing in the hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder into the solution.

A component main body has a multilayer structure having a thickness and in which a first dielectric glass layer in which an internal conductor is embedded and having a thickness is interposed between a pair of magnetic layers containing a ferrite material as a primary component, and each of a pair of second dielectric glass layers is disposed on one of principal surfaces of the pair of magnetic layers. First to fourth outer electrodes are disposed on both end portions of the component main body. The thickness of at least one of the pair of second dielectric glass layers that faces a mounting substrate is about 10 μm to 64 μm.

A component main body has a multilayer structure having a thickness and in which a first dielectric glass layer in which an internal conductor is embedded and having a thickness is interposed between a pair of magnetic layers containing a ferrite material as a primary component, and each of a pair of second dielectric glass layers is disposed on one of principal surfaces of the pair of magnetic layers. First to fourth outer electrodes are disposed on both end portions of the component main body. The thickness of at least one of the pair of second dielectric glass layers that faces a mounting substrate is about 10 μm to 64 μm.

Provided are a magnetic resin composition including magnetic particles and an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 400 g/eq or more, in which a filling rate of the magnetic particles is 70% or more on an area basis; a cured product obtained by curing the magnetic resin composition; and an electronic component including the cured product.

An inductor component includes an element body that includes magnetic powder and has first and second principal surfaces, and a side surface connecting the principal surfaces; an inductor wire in the element body; a first vertical wire that is in the element body, is connected to a first end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface; a second vertical wire that is in the element body, is connected to a second end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface; a first external terminal that is connected to the first vertical wire and is exposed on the first principal surface; and a second external terminal that is connected to the second vertical wire and is exposed on the first principal surface. The magnetic powder contains an Fe element as a main component, and the side surface has oxidized and non-oxidized regions.

A soft magnetic alloy includes a main body and a surface layer. The main body has a soft magnetic alloy composition including Fe and Co. The surface layer is located on a surface side of the main body. A ratio of Co concentration to a sum of Co concentration and Fe concentration in the surface layer is Co/(Fe+Co). A distribution of Co/(Fe+Co) in a thickness direction of the surface layer includes a local minimum point and one or more local maximum points.

An inductor component is capable of suppressing formation of a leak path between vertical wires. Such an inductor component includes an element body that includes a plurality of magnetic powders, at least one of which contains an Fe element as a main component, and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface; an inductor wire that is provided in the element body and extends along a plane parallel to the first principal surface; a vertical wire that is provided in the element body, is connected to an end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface in a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface; and a conductive protection film that covers at least a part of a side surface of the vertical wire extending along a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface and has a higher hardness than the vertical wire.