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(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a carrier for a developer which has the property of decomposing in a natural environment even when discarded. [Structure] Particles containing magnetic fine powder dispersed and contained in a binder resin or a biodegradable substance such as starch as one component of a carrier for an electrophotographic developer in which a resin coating layer is provided. A carrier for an electrophotographic developer containing a natural polyester, a natural polypeptide, a synthetic polypeptide, a synthetic polyester, a polyphosphazene, a polycyanoacrylate and the like. |