Patent ID: 8622881

Claim:
A conductive member, comprising: a conductive support; and a conductive elastic layer, wherein: the elastic layer comprises a mixture containing an electron conductive agent and a binder polymer, or a cured product of the mixture; and the electron conductive agent contains a carbon black having the following characteristics (i) to (iii): (i) an average primary particle diameter is 20 nm or more and 30 nm or less; (ii) a DBP oil absorption is 40 ml/100 g or more and 70 ml/100 g or less; and (iii) a total amount of CO and CO 2 generated by temperature programmed desorption/mass spectrometry is 0.30 mass % or more and 0.80 mass % or less with reference to the carbon black, and an amount of SO 2 generated by the temperature programmed desorption/mass spectrometry is 0.05 mass % or more with reference to the carbon black.