Multilayer ceramic capacitor

A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:

• a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a lamination direction, the multilayer body including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to each other in the lamination direction, a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface opposed to each other in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to each other in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction and the width direction;
• first internal electrode layers on the dielectric layers and exposed at the first end surface;
• second internal electrode layers on the dielectric layers and exposed at the second end surface;
• a first external electrode including a base electrode layer disposed on the first end surface and a plated layer on the base electrode layer;
• and
• a second external electrode including a base electrode layer on the second end surface and a plated layer on the base electrode layer;
• wherein
• the first internal electrode layers are exposed at the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface;
• the second internal electrode layers are exposed at the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface;
• the first internal electrode layers each include a first region along an end thereof adjacent to the first lateral surface of the multilayer body and a second region along an end thereof adjacent to the second lateral surface of the multilayer body;
• the first region and the second region include a Ni-Mg-O phase therein;
• the second internal electrode layers each include a third region along an end thereof adjacent to the first lateral surface of the multilayer body and a fourth region along an end thereof adjacent to the second lateral surface of the multilayer body;
• the third region and the fourth region include a Ni-Mg-O phase therein;
• and
• at least a portion of the Ni-Mg-O phase of at least one of the first region, the second region, the third region, and the fourth region is exposed at a portion of at least one of the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface that defines an outermost surface of the multilayer ceramic capacitor.