Method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, method of manufacturing magnetic coating material, and method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9514776-B2
Application number	US-201314093884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2013
Priority date	Nov 30, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles includes providing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles by conducting calcination of particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt to cause fertilization; and further includes preparing the particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt by adhering a glass component, followed by the alkaline earth metal salt, to the iron salt; and conducting calcination of the particles prepared to form a calcined product in which hexagonal ferrite is detected as a principal component in X-ray diffraction analysis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, which comprises:
providing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles by conducting calcination of particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt to cause fertilization;
and further comprises:
preparing the particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt by adhering a glass component which is a hydrolysate of a silicon compound, followed by the alkaline earth metal salt, to the iron salt;
conducting calcination of the particles prepared to form a calcined product in which hexagonal ferrite is detected as a principal component in X-ray diffraction analysis, and
removing the glass component from a surface of the calcined product.

2. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon compound is an alkoxysilane.

3. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 1 , which further comprises preparing the iron salt by a reverse micelle method.

4. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 1 , which comprises admixing a precursor of the glass component with a solution comprising the iron salt to cause the glass component, in the form of a hydrolysate of the precursor, to adhere to the iron salt.

5. A method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, which comprises:
providing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles by conducting calcination of particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt to cause fertilization;
and further comprises:
preparing the particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt by adhering a glass component which is a hydrolysate of a silicon compound, followed by the alkaline earth metal salt, to the iron salt; and
conducting calcination of the particles prepared to form a calcined product in which hexagonal ferrite is detected as a principal component in X-ray diffraction analysis,
wherein a precursor of the glass component is admixed with a solution comprising the iron salt to cause the glass component, in the form of a hydrolysate of the precursor, to adhere to the iron salt, and the precursor is added in a quantity ranging from 0.05 to 0.4 mole per 1 mole of iron present in the solution.

6. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 1 , which comprises admixing a precursor of the alkaline earth metal salt and an additional component for converting the precursor to the alkaline earth metal salt, with a solution comprising a product obtained by adhering the glass component to the iron salt, to adhere the alkaline earth metal salt to the product.

7. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 6 , wherein ammonia water is added together with the precursor of the alkaline earth metal salt and the additional component.

8. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 2 , which comprises admixing a precursor of the glass component with a solution comprising the iron salt to cause the glass component, in the form of a hydrolysate of the precursor, to adhere to the iron salt.

9. A method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, which comprises:
providing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles by conducting calcination of particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt to cause fertilization;
and further comprises:
preparing the particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt by adhering a glass component which is a hydrolysate of a silicon compound, followed by the alkaline earth metal salt, to the iron salt; and
conducting calcination of the particles prepared to form a calcined product in which hexagonal ferrite is detected as a principal component in X-ray diffraction analysis,
wherein the silicon compound is an alkoxysilane,
wherein a precursor of the glass component is admixed with a solution comprising the iron salt to cause the glass component, in the form of a hydrolysate of the precursor, to adhere to the iron salt, and the precursor is added in a quantity ranging from 0.05 to 0.4 mole per 1 mole of iron present in the solution.

10. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 2 , which comprises admixing a precursor of the alkaline earth metal salt and an additional component for converting the precursor to the alkaline earth metal salt, with a solution comprising a product obtained by adhering the glass component to the iron salt, to adhere the alkaline earth metal salt to the product.

11. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 10 , wherein ammonia water is added together with the precursor of the alkaline earth metal salt and the additional component.

12. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 1 , wherein the iron salt is iron hydroxide and the alkaline earth metal salt is carbonate of an alkaline earth metal.

13. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles according to claim 1 , wherein the glass component is removed by dissolution with an alkali.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Hattori Yasushi
• Omura Kazufumi

Classifications

• C01P2002/76

  by a space-group or by other symmetry indications · CPC title

• G11B5/70678 Primary

  Ferrites · CPC title

• C01P2004/64

  Nanometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 nanometer · CPC title

• C01G49/0036

  containing one alkaline earth metal, magnesium or lead · CPC title

• H01F1/11

  in the form of particles {(for magnetic record carriers G11B5/70626)} · CPC title