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Abstract

A reversible thermal-recording composite capable of exerting great performance for repeated use and yielding good printing quality at higher coloring concentrations is provided, wherein the coloring and fading reaction of a leuco dye with a coloring and fading agent is utilized and a specific coloring and fading agent, a specific inorganic filler and a specific amine compound and the like are used in the thermal-recording layer, and a thermal-recording sheet and a thermal-recording card using the same are also provided. The thermal-recording sheet comprises the thermal-recording composite and comprises at least (1) a substrate, (2) a reversible thermal-recording layer and (3) a protective layer, wherein the thermal-recording layer contains a reversible coloring dye, a coloring and fading agent, an inorganic filler and an amine compound in an organic polymeric binder and the coloring and fading agent is an amide compound produced by dehydration condensation of an aliphatic carboxylic acid with a phenolic hydroxyl group and an aliphatic alkylamine. A reversible thermal-recording composite with a higher coloring concentration, greater long-term stability of image, excellent printing quality and good durability for repetition, can be realized, together with a thermal-recording sheet or card using the same.

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