ELECTRODE PASTE, CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

Disclosed is an electrode paste which enables to suppress a burst. Also disclosed are a ceramic electronic component and a method for producing the same. The method of present invention is suitably used for producing a ceramic capacitor (10) which comprises a capacitor green body (16) wherein dielectric layers (12) and internal electrode layers (14) are alternately put on top of each other and an external electrode (18) formed on an end face (16a) of the capacitor green body (16) in which the internal electrode layers (14) are exposed. This method is characterized by comprising a step for applying an external electrode paste to the end face (16a) of the capacitor green body (16) which paste contains a Cu powder and a Ni powder composed of a baser Ni than NiCu, and a step for firing the capacitor green body (16) to which the external electrode paste is applied, and is further characterized in that the weight ratio of the Ni powder to the Cu powder is 0.5-10 wt% and the Ni powder has an average particle diameter of 0.2-10 mum. By having such characteristics, the method enables to suppress a burst.