Patent ID: 8512927

Claim:
An electrostatic image developing carrier comprising at least a core material and a coating resin layer which coats the surface of the core material, wherein the resin layer comprises a thermoplastic resin having an alicyclic group, a thermal reduction of the carrier in accordance with the TGA method is in the range of 0.5 weight % to 5 weight % of the whole of the carrier in the range of 100° C. to 400° C., and further an endothermic quantity of the whole of the carrier in accordance with the DTA method is in the range of 7 mJ/g to 40 mJ/g in the range of 100° C. to 400° C., and the thermoplastic resin having the alicyclic group is a copolymer made from a monomer having the alicyclic group and a nitrogen-containing acrylic monomer, and the alicyclic group of the thermoplastic resin is oriented away from the surface of the core material.