| abstract |
An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble solvent; a pigment; and a phosphate group-containing copolymer, wherein the phosphate group-containing copolymer includes a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following structural formula (1): n n n n n n n n n n wherein, in the general formula (1), R 1 represents either of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; and M + represents any of an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion, an organic amine ion and a hydrogen ion, one-half or more of the M + in the copolymer is an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion or an organic amine, and the remainder is a hydrogen ion: |