NICKEL POWDER OR ALLOY POWDER HAVING NICKEL AS MAIN COMPONENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE POWDER, CONDUCTIVE PASTE AND LAMINATED CERAMIC CAPACITOR

摘要

Provided is a multi-layered ceramic capacitor including an internal electrode, the surface of which is smoothened and in which electrode breakage can be reliably prevented. Also provided are a conductive paste and a nickel powder or an alloy powder containing nickel as a main component, which are used in the multi-layered ceramic capacitor, and a method for manufacturing the powder. The nickel powder or the alloy powder containing nickel as a main component of the present invention has a spherical shape, a mean particle diameter D 50 in the range of 10 to 300 nm, and a ratio (D max /D 50 ) of a maximum particle diameter D max to the mean particle diameter D 50 of 3 or less.