Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.

Tatuya Kariyasu

Takashi Hinotsu

Tomonori Shibayama

An aliphatic amine having a carbon number of not less than 6, such as octylamine, hexylamine or oleylamine, serving as an organic protective material is added to water serving as a solvent so that the molar ratio of the aliphatic amine with respect to silver of a silver compound is in the range of 0.05 to 6, a reducing agent, such as hydrazine or NaBH, being added thereto so that the molar ratio of the reducing agent with respect to silver of the silver compound is in the range of 1 to 6, and the silver compound, such as a silver salt or a silver oxide, being added thereto so that the concentration of silver ions in the aqueous reaction solution is in the range of 0.01 to 1.0 mol/L, and then, the silver compound is reduced at a temperature of 10 to 50&#xb0; C. to produce fine silver particles having an average primary particle diameter of 10 to 200 nm. Thus, there is provided a method for producing fine silver particles, the method being capable of inexpensively producing fine silver particles in a short time.

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Okayama, Japan

Tatuya Kariyasu