Patent ID: 6969550

Claim:
A magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic support, a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic metal material, and a protecting film, wherein said magnetic layer and said protecting film are successively formed over said nonmagnetic support, wherein a lubricant auxiliary layer containing aromatic alcohol is formed over said protecting film; wherein a lubricant layer comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1) is formed over said lubricant auxiliary layer: R 1 CH(COOR 2 )CH 2 COOR 3 wherein R 1 represents an aliphatic alkyl group, an aliphatic alkenyl group, or a hydrogen atom, and each of R 2 and R 3 independently represents a fluoroalkyl group, a fluoroalkenyl group, a fluoropolyether group, or a hydrogen atom provided that at least one of R 2 or R 3 is a fluoroalkyl group, a fluoroalkenyl group, or a fluoropolyether group; wherein the amount of the aromatic alcohol in said lubricant auxiliary layer is 5 to 150 mg/m 2 ; and the amount of the lubricant comprising a compound represented by formula (1) in said lubricant layer is 5 to 500 mg/m 2 .