A magnetic tape in which a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak surface area ratio in C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy performed on a surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 atom % to 65 atom %, and in an environment with a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a frictional force F45° on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head tilt angle of 45° is 4 gf to 15 gf, and a standard deviation of a frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at each of head tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less,

A magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. The ferromagnetic powder is an ε-iron oxide powder, and a ratio of Hr (45°) to Hr (0°)(Hr (45°)/Hr (0°)) is 0.50 or less. The Hr (0°) is a residual coercive force Hr obtained by applying a pulse magnetic field having a pulse width of 0.76 ms in an in-plane direction of the magnetic recording medium, and the Hr (45°) is a residual coercive force Hr obtained by setting an angle of the magnetic recording medium in the in-plane direction to 0°, setting an angle of the magnetic recording medium in a vertical direction to 90°, and making a pulse magnetic field having a pulse width of 0.76 ms be incident from a direction inclined by 45° toward the vertical direction from the in-plane direction and applying the pulse magnetic field to the magnetic recording medium.

In the magnetic tape, a maximum value of magnetic tape deformation amounts after storage in each of five environments for 1 year is 0.50 μm or less, a rate of a change of magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in relative humidity obtained from the five magnetic tape deformation amounts is 0.0001 μm/% to 0.0500 μm/%, and a rate of a change of the magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in temperature obtained from the five magnetic tape deformation amounts is 0.0010 μm/° C. to 0.1000 μm/° C.

The magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape that is accommodated in the magnetic tape cartridge while being wound around a reel hub. The magnetic tape has a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, and includes one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide in a portion on the magnetic layer side on the non-magnetic support, and after the magnetic tape cartridge is stored in an environment of an atmosphere temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 80% for 24 hours, a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface of the magnetic layer in an inner region during winding of the magnetic tape is 45 at % or more.

The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. The ferromagnetic powder is a ferromagnetic powder selected from the group consisting of a hexagonal strontium ferrite powder and an ε-iron oxide powder. The standard deviation of a height of the magnetic projection portion on a surface of the magnetic layer is in a range of 0.5 to 2.5 nm.

A magnetic tape in which a minimum value of TDStens among five TDStens measured respectively at a temperature of 16° C. and a relative humidity of 20%, a temperature of 16° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a temperature of 26° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 20% and a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 55% is 1.43 μm/N or more, a ratio of a change of TDStens to a change of a relative humidity obtained from the five TDStens is 0.005 μm/N/% or less, and a ratio of a change of TDStens to a change of a temperature obtained from the five TDStens is 0.020 μm/N/° C. or less.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a magnetic recording medium excellent in electro-magnetic conversion characteristic and thermal stability.

The present disclosure provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including: a substrate; and a magnetic layer provided over the substrate and including a magnetic powder, in which the magnetic layer has an average thickness of equal to or less than 90 nm, the magnetic powder has an average aspect ratio of from 1.0 to 3.0, the magnetic powder has an average particle volume of equal to or less than 2,300 nm.sup.3, a coercive force Hc1 in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is equal to or less than 4,500 Oe, a coercive force Hc2 in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium and the coercive force Hc1 satisfy a relation of Hc2/Hc1≤0.8, and the ratio Hrp/Hc1 of a residual coercive force Hrp of the magnetic recording medium measured using a pulsed magnetic field and the coercive force Hc1 is equal to or less than 2.0.

A magnetic tape in which an edge weave amount of a tape edge on at least one side of the magnetic tape is 1.5 .Math.m or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a frictional force F.sub.45° on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head tilt angle of 45° is 4 gf to 15 gf, and a standard deviation of a frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at each of head tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less.

A magnetic tape in which a tape thickness of the magnetic tape is 5.2 μm or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a frictional force F.sub.45° on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head tilt angle of 45° is 4 gf to 15 gf, and a standard deviation of a frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at each of head tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including a non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer, in which a total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 μm, an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 5.5, the magnetic layer includes an oxide abrasive, and an average particle diameter of the oxide abrasive obtained from a secondary ion image obtained by irradiating the surface of the magnetic layer with a focused ion beam is 0.04 μm to 0.08 μm.