Toner
A toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein in cross-sectional observation of the toner with a transmission electron microscope, where an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of 200 nm or less from a contour of a cross section of the toner particle to a centroid of the cross section is taken as A1, and an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of from 200 nm to 400 nm from the contour of the cross section of the toner particle to the centroid of the cross section is taken as A2, the area percentage A1 is from 38% to 85%, the area percentage A2 is from 0% to 37%, and a ratio A2/A1 of the area percentage A2 to the area percentage A1 is from 0 to 0.75.
1. A toner, comprising:
a toner particle including a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein
A2/A1 is from 0 to 0.75 where in cross-sectional observation of the toner with a transmission electron microscope A1 is an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of 200 nm or less from a contour of a cross section of the toner particle to a centroid of the cross section and is 38 to 85%, and A2 is an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of from 200 to 400 nm from the contour of the cross section of the toner particle to the centroid of the cross section and is 0 to 37%.
2. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein A3 is 10% or less where A3 is an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of 400 nm or more from the contour of the cross section of the toner particle to the centroid of the cross section.
3. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a number-average particle diameter of the toner is 4.0 to 10.0 μm.
4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the magnetic body is 100 to 300 nm.
5. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic body includes a hydrophobed magnetic body A,
the binder resin includes a resin B,
the toner particle includes a resin C, and
b<a<c where a (MPa 1/2 ) is a dipole interaction term of Hansen solubility parameter of the hydrophobed magnetic body A, b (MPa 1/2 ) is a dipole interaction term of Hansen solubility parameter of the resin B, and c (MPa 1/2 ) is a dipole interaction term of Hansen solubility parameter of the resin C.
6. The toner according to claim 5 , wherein b is 1.0 to 3.0.
7. The toner according to claim 5 , wherein resin B is a vinyl resin.
8. The toner according to claim 5 , wherein c is 4.0 to 8.0.
9. The toner according to claim 5 , wherein resin C is an amorphous polyester that includes a structure in which isosorbide is condensed.
10. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the toner particle includes a crystalline material, and
in cross-sectional observation of the toner with a transmission electron microscope, a number-average diameter of domains of the crystalline material is from 20 nm to 300 nm in a region of 200 to 400 nm from the contour of the cross section of the toner particle to the centroid of the cross section, and the number of domains in the region is 10 to 100.
11. The toner according to claim 10 , wherein the crystalline material includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon wax, an ester wax and a crystalline polyester.
12. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the toner further comprises an external additive.
13. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the toner particle is a suspension polymerization toner particle.