Method of producing silver powder, silver powder, and conductive paste

Abstract

Provided is a method of producing a silver powder and the silver powder that enable preparation of a conductive paste capable of forming a wiring pattern with desired line width and height. A method of producing a silver powder comprises: a disintegration step of disintegrating an agglomerated silver powder in an airflow type mill, and a classification step of classifying a silver powder after the disintegration step, in a pneumatic classifier, wherein the agglomerated silver powder has a moisture content of 2 wt % or more and 20 wt % or less, in the disintegration step, compressed air at a temperature of 80° C. or more and 180° C. or less is supplied to the airflow type mill as supply air, in the classification step, an exhaust of the airflow type mill and the silver powder after the disintegration step are supplied to the pneumatic classifier.

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