Patent ID: 8415036

Claim:
A magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the binder comprises a polyurethane resin obtained from starting materials in the form of an isocyanate compound and a mixture or a solution composition comprised of an organic solvent in which the mixture is dissolved, wherein the mixture is a mixture of a sulfonate group-containing compound denoted by general formula (1) with a protonic acid: wherein, in general formula (1), X denotes a divalent linking group; each of R 1 and R 2 independently denotes an alkyl group comprising at least one hydroxyl group and equal to or more than three carbon atoms or an aralkyl group comprising at least one hydroxyl group and equal to or more than eight carbon atoms; and M denotes a cation, and the compound of formula (1) is selected from the group consisting of the following compounds (S-2) to (S-18), (S-21) to (S-24), (S-26), (S-36) to (S-42), and (S-45) to (S-50):