Silver powder made of silver particles, each to which fine silver particles adhere and process of producing the same

摘要

This invention is a silver powder having a low-temperature sintering performance and dispersibility, which allows the powder particles to be agglomerated to a small degree and be nearly in the monodisperse state. Employed is silver powder of fine silver particles each to which fine silver particles adhere, wherein fine silver particles of nano-order particle size are adhered to the surface of each silver powder particle. The powder particles of the silver powder of fine silver particles each to which fine silver particles adhere have excellent dispersibility. In the production of the silver powder of fine silver particles each to which fine silver particles adhere, a process of including the steps of: adding a silver nitrate and a neutralizing agent into a slurry of silver powder in a dispersing medium; dissolving the mixture while stirring to allow fine silver oxide particles to be precipitated on the surface of each silver powder particle; washing the resultant silver powder; and exposing the fine silver oxide particles to UV rays to reduce the same to fine silver particles.