Aging of magnetic recording tape
Abstract
The paper deals with a study investigating the nature and rates of the hydrolic aging of a wide-band instrumentation magnetic recording tape which employs oxide and backcoat binders made of a polyester urethane elastomer. It was found that the primary mechanism of tape aging and degradation resulted from hydrolysis of its polyester urethane binder.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
- Pub Date:
- July 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TMAG.1980.1060652
- Bibcode:
- 1980ITM....16..558C
- Keywords:
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- Aging (Materials);
- Binders (Materials);
- Magnetic Recording;
- Polyester Resins;
- Tape Recorders;
- Elastomers;
- Humidity;
- Hydrolysis;
- Materials Tests;
- Oxides;
- Recording Instruments;
- Urethanes;
- Instrumentation and Photography