Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material, such as Y-phase hexagonal ferrite material, and methods of manufacturing. In some embodiments, sodium or potassium can be added into the crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite material in order to achieve improved resonant frequencies in the range of 500 MHz to 1 GHz useful for radiofrequency applications.

There are provided a magnetoplumbite-type hexagonal crystal ferrite magnetic powder which can be suitably used as the material of a radio wave absorber having an excellent radio wave absorbing power in the 76 GHz band, and a method for producing the same. In a method for producing a magnetoplumbite-type hexagonal crystal ferrite magnetic powder, the method comprising the steps of: mixing powders of the raw materials of a magnetoplumbite-type hexagonal crystal ferrite magnetic powder, which is expressed by a compositional formula of AFe.sub.(12-x)Al.sub.xO.sub.19 (A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb, x=1.0 to 2.2), to obtain a mixture; granulating and molding the mixture to obtain molded bodies; firing the molded bodies to obtain fired bodies; and pulverizing the fired bodies, there are prepared a plurality of firing containers (firing scabbards 10), each of which has an opening of the upper face thereof and a notch (10a) formed in the upper portion of the side face thereof so as to be communicated with the outside thereof, each of the firing containers being filled with the molded bodies, and the firing containers being stacked in a plurality of stages so as to close the opening of the top face of the lower firing container, to fire the molded bodies in a firing furnace (20).

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, a magnetic layer that includes ferromagnetic powder having an average particle volume of 2,500 nm.sup.3 or less on one surface side of the non-magnetic support, and a back coating layer that includes non-magnetic powder on the other surface side of the non-magnetic support, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic powder selected from the group consisting of hexagonal ferrite powder and ε-iron oxide powder, and a ratio (PSD.sub.5μm-PSDmag/PSD.sub.10μm-PSDbc) of the magnetic layer and the back coating layer is in a range of 0.0050 to 0.20. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus include the magnetic tape.

To provide magnetoplumbite-type hexagonal ferrite particles represented by Formula (1) and having a single crystal phase, and the application. In Formula (1), A represents at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, Ca, and Pb, and x satisfies 1.5≤x≤8.0.
AFe.sub.(12−x)Al.sub.xO.sub.19  Formula (1)

A circuit substrate includes a multi-layer substrate in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked, and a millimeter wave absorber provided inside the multi-layer substrate and having an electromagnetic wave absorption peak within a region of 30 to 300 GHz. An antenna element includes the circuit substrate described above, a power feeder provided inside the multi-layer substrate of the circuit substrate, and an antenna provided on a surface of the circuit substrate and connected to the power feeder. A method for reducing noise in a circuit substrate including a multi-layer substrate includes, by a millimeter wave absorber provided inside the multi-layer substrate and having an electromagnetic wave absorption peak within a region of 30 to 300 GHz, absorbing unnecessary electromagnetic waves diffused in the multi-layer substrate to reduce noise in the circuit substrate.

A soft magnetic composition that includes W-type hexagonal ferrite as a main phase with metal element ratios of: Ba+Sr+Na+K+La:4.7 mol % to 5.8 mol %, where; Ca:0.2 mol % to 5.0 mol %; Fe:72.5 mol % to 86.0 mol %; Co:7.0 mol % to 15.5 mol %; and D:7.0 mol % to 14.8 mol % when: Me(I)=Li+Na+K, Me(II)=Co+Cu+Mg+Mn+Ni+Zn, Me(IV)=Ge+Si+Sn+Ti+Zr+Hf, Me(V)=Mo+Nb+Ta+Sb+W+V, and D=Me (I)+Me(II)−Me (IV)−2×Me (V), and the soft magnetic composition has a coercivity Hcj of 40 kA/m or less.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, strontium can be substituted out for a trivalent or tetravalent ion composition including potassium, thereby providing for advantageous properties.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, strontium can be substituted out for a trivalent or tetravalent ion composition including potassium, thereby providing for advantageous properties.

[Problem] A hexagonal barium ferrite magnetic powder formed of fine particles, wherein the anisotropic magnetic field distribution of a magnetic recording medium can be made to fall within a range effective in both improving the recording density and improving the SNR is provided.

[Solution] A magnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium including magnetic particles in which Ba in hexagonal barium ferrite is partially substituted with Sr, wherein a Dx volume represented by the following formula (1) is 2,200 nm.sup.3 or less, an Sr/(Ba+Sr) molar ratio is 0.01 to 0.30, and an anisotropic magnetic field distribution is 1.00 or less.

Dx volume (nm.sup.3)=Dxc×Π×(Dxa/2).sup.2  (1)

Here, Dxc is a crystallite diameter (nm) in a c-axis direction of a hexagonal ferrite crystal lattice, Dxa is a crystallite diameter (nm) in an a-axis direction of the same crystal lattice, and n is a circular constant.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, strontium can be substituted out for a trivalent or tetravalent ion composition including potassium, thereby providing for advantageous properties.