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A thermal recording material is characterized by having a protective layer which contains acetylene glycol represented by following formula (1), as to the thermal recording material which is provided with a thermal recording layer and the protective layer on a substrate. (wherein, R1-R4 are H-atom, C1-8 branched, straight chain or cyclic nonsubstituted or substituted alkyl, C6-10 nonsubstituted or substituted allyl; R5-R8 are H-atom or methyl radical, and n and m are independently integer of 0-50).