Summary of the invention
Invent problem to be solved
Though the silver-plated copper micropowder preparing process of record is effective really in the patent documentation 1, if the further miniaturization of silver-plated copper micro mist is then favourable aspect thin space (fine pitch) change.The inventor envisioned if after the method for record obtains fine copper fine powder in patent documentation 2 originally; Use the method for record in the patent documentation 1; Then can solve this problem; But learn that can become is prone to aggegation takes place, and is difficult to obtain fine silver-plated copper micro mist along with the particle diameter of implementing the copper fine powder before silver-plated is decreased to less than 1 μ m.
Therefore, one of problem of the present invention ultramicrofine copper fine powder surface of being to be provided at average grain diameter less than 1 μ m is formed with the silver-plated copper micro mist of silver coating as thin as a wafer.In addition, another problem of the present invention is to provide in order to prepare the method for this type of silver-plated copper micro mist.
Solve the means of problem
The inventor is learning when above-mentioned problem is studied repeatedly for solving, if will process dry copper fine powder through copper fine powder filtration washing or dehydration that disproportionated reaction obtains, then is prone to carry out aggegation.And find then can in electroplate liquid, to keep the dispersion of copper fine powder if after obtaining the pulp-like copper fine powder through disproportionated reaction, directly keep the wet method condition and be transferred to silver-plated operation continuously simultaneously, can aggegation not take place and carry out as thin as a wafer silver-plated.In addition, find that also then only this is also insufficient, need in the ultrasonic wave radiation, carry out silver-plated if the average grain diameter (D50) of copper fine powder is less than 0.4 μ m.
The present invention is based on above opinion and accomplish; Be the silver-plated copper micro mist on the one hand; Said micro mist is for implementing to have silver-plated copper fine powder on the surface; Wherein, utilizing the accumulating weight of laser diffraction and scattering formula particle size distribution to reach 50% particle diameter (D50) is less than 1 μ m, and the thickness of silver-plated film is 0.1nm ~ 0.2 μ m.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, it has silver-plated copper fine powder for implementing on the surface, and wherein, the weight of silver is 1 ~ 25% quality.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, D50 is 0.05 ~ 0.5 μ m, and the thickness of silver-plated film is 0.2nm ~ 0.05 μ m.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in another embodiment, the BET specific area is 3.0 ~ 10.0m
2/ g.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in another embodiment again, tap density is greater than apparent density, and apparent density is 1.0 ~ 3.0g/cm
3, tap density is 2.0 ~ 4.0g/cm
3
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in another embodiment again, implementing copper fine powder before silver-plated, to utilize the accumulating weight of laser diffraction and scattering formula particle size distribution to reach 50% particle diameter (D50) be 0.05 ~ 0.9 μ m.
Another aspect of the invention is the silver-plated copper micropowder preparing process; Said preparation method comprises and implements following operation successively: in the aqueous medium of the additive that contains natural resin, polysaccharide or derivatives thereof, add cuprous oxide and prepare slurry; Added acidic aqueous solution with introversion in the said slurry at 16 minutes; Carry out disproportionated reaction; It is the operation 1 of the copper fine powder slurry of 0.05 ~ 0.9 μ m that thereby the preparation accumulating weight reaches 50% particle diameter (D50); Said copper fine powder slurry is handled the organic operation 2 of removing the copper fine powder surface with alkaline solution; Said copper fine powder is handled the operation 3 of removing the surperficial oxide of copper fine powder with acid solution, prepare the operation 4 that makes said copper fine powder be scattered in the copper fine powder slurry of pH3.5 ~ 4.5 in the reducing agent, through in said copper fine powder slurry, adding silver ion solution continuously; Utilize no electrolysis displacement plating and reduced form electroless plating to carry out the operation 6 of Separation of Solid and Liquid in the operation 5 of copper fine powder surface formation silver layer with to the silver-plated copper micro mist slurry that in operation 5, obtains.
With regard to silver-plated copper micropowder preparing process involved in the present invention; In one embodiment; The preparation accumulating weight reaches 50% particle diameter (D50) and is the copper fine powder slurry of less than 0.4 μ m in operation 1, in operation 5 in the interpolation process of silver ion solution radiate supersonic wave.
With regard to silver-plated copper micropowder preparing process involved in the present invention, in another embodiment, in operation 5,, the interpolation of silver ion solution still continues the ultrasonic wave radiation more than 10 minutes after finishing.
With regard to silver-plated copper micropowder preparing process involved in the present invention, in another embodiment, hyperacoustic frequency of oscillation of institute's radiation is 16 ~ 50kHz.
Of the present invention again on the other hand for conducting electricity paste, said conduction is stuck with paste and is contained silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention.
The effect of invention
According to the present invention, the ultramicrofine copper fine powder surface that can be provided at average grain diameter less than 1 μ m is formed with the silver-plated copper micro mist of silver coating as thin as a wafer.Thus, can satisfy the requirement of thin spaceization, particularly be suitable for the purposes that through hole, guide hole, MLCC internal electrode and outer electrode such as use to stick with paste at conduction.
The specific embodiment
< operation 1: the preparation of spherical copper fine powder >
As the raw material of silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, can use accumulating weight to reach 50% particle diameter and (also claim " average grain diameter " or " D50 " here.) be the copper fine powder of 0.05 ~ 0.9 μ m, wherein when with fine when turning to purpose, can use D50 is the spherical copper fine powder of 0.05 ~ 0.3 μ m.This is in order when sticking with paste the purposes use as conduction, to improve packed density as far as possible.
Copper fine powder can use spherical copper fine powder.Here, the ratio average out to of the minor axis of spherical each copper particle of finger and major diameter is below 150%, and particularly average out to is below 120%.Therefore, the ratio of minor axis and major diameter on average surpasses 150% particle and has flat shape, is not referred to as spherical.The ratio of minor axis and major diameter on average particularly be: directly measure the minor axis and the major diameter of the copper particle image that obtains by the SEM photo, get the above mean value of 20 particles and get.The minimum diameter of a circle that can surround each particle is as major diameter, with maximum diameter of a circle that particle surrounded as minor axis.
The spherical copper fine powder itself of average grain diameter with this scope is known, for example can be according to the method preparation of record in WO2009/001710 number (patent documentation 2), following simple declaration.
Spherical copper fine powder can prepare through the disproportionated reaction of cuprous oxide with acid.Particularly, according to following method preparation: prepare in water, to be dispersed with the slurry that cuprous oxide forms, obtain spherical copper fine powder slurry, carry out Separation of Solid and Liquid through it is added aqueous acid.
Can the particle diameter of the spherical copper fine powder of acquisition be reduced through in the slurry of cuprous oxide, adding natural resin, polysaccharide or derivatives thereof.Its reason is that these additives have the effect that suppresses the particle growth as protecting colloid, and performance reduces the effect of the contact frequency between the particle.Additive can use natural rubber class or gelatin class.Particularly, rosin, gelatin, glue, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), starch, dextrin, Arabic gum, casein etc. are effective.
In addition, can particle diameter be reduced through the interpolation time that shortening makes an addition to the aqueous acid in the cuprous oxide slurry.For example can 20 minutes with interior so that 15 minutes with interior so that 3 minutes with interior so that 1 minute with interior disposable interpolation.
The slurry of the spherical copper fine powder that obtains through wet method (disproportionated reaction) is preferred moist and directly in silver-plated operation, use.Its reason is, can omit the operation of temporary transient filtration or dry spherical copper fine powder, and can be not copper fine powder is not exposed in the air and is connected with operation 2, thereby can prevent the carrying out of oxidation.In addition, its reason is, and is silver-plated through under the wet method condition, carrying out continuously, is prone to guarantee the dispersiveness of copper fine powder, can suppress aggegation.
< operation 2: the alkali treatment of copper fine powder >
After operation 1, copper fine powder is removed the organic matter on copper fine powder surface with the alkaline solution processing.Can remove the antirust tunicle or the impurity component on copper fine powder surface thus, can more effective pickling processes of carrying out subsequent processing.As alkaline solution, if can remove the organic alkaline solution that is attached to the copper fine powder surface really, then there is not particular restriction, for example can enumerate out the aqueous solution of NaOH, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium metasilicate, sodium phosphate.Wherein, stronger when alkaline when needing because of hydrolysis etc., preferably use potassium hydroxide aqueous solution.For example, with respect to the copper powder of 100g, the concentration that can use 50 ~ 500ml is the aqueous slkali of 0.1 ~ 5.0% quality.
As the concrete grammar of alkali treatment, if can fully carry out the method that contacts of copper fine powder and alkaline solution, then there is not particular restriction, for example make copper fine powder be scattered in the simple and reliable method that certain hour (for example 10 ~ 20 minutes) is stirred in back in the alkaline solution.Fluid temperature can be room temperature.Preventing aspect the copper fine powder oxidation, preferably will not prepare that the copper fine powder slurry is processed dry powder and directly in operation 2, use through damp process.
< operation 3: the pickling processes of copper fine powder >
After operation 2, this copper fine powder is removed the oxide on copper fine powder surface with the acid solution processing.Thus, can obtain clean copper surface, can carry out silver-plated with homogeneous thickness.As acid solution, if can remove the acid solution of the Cu oxide on copper fine powder surface really, then there is not particular restriction, for example can enumerate out sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid-chromic acid, sulfuric acid-hydrochloric acid.Wherein, because sulfuric acid uses when formerly the copper fine powder of operation prepares and can obtain more at an easy rate, so preferred.What need explanation is, kind or the concentration that should be careful selected acid is the copper of dissolved copper micro mist itself excessively not.
The pH that hopes to make this acid solution is 2.0 ~ 5.0 acidic region.If pH surpasses 5.0, then can't fully dissolve the oxide of removing copper fine powder, less than 2.0, then copper powder dissolves as if pH, and the aggegation of copper fine powder itself is also carried out easily.
As the concrete grammar of pickling processes, if can fully carry out the method that contacts of copper fine powder and acid solution, then there is not particular restriction, for example make copper fine powder be scattered in the simple and reliable method that certain hour is stirred in back in the acid solution.Preferably in operation 3, use: after operation 2, aqueous slkali is separated from copper fine powder, then after washing, be scattered in the copper fine powder slurry that forms in the water through suitable decant processing through the decant processing.
Decant is handled and is also claimed gradient method, refers to the slow inclination of container only made the operation of supernatant outflow in the liquid placement that will contain deposition and after making the solid matter sedimentation.Thus, copper fine powder is not contacted with atmosphere and be transferred to subsequent processing (here for shifting to operation 3) by operation 2.
< operation 4: the dispersion of copper fine powder in reducing agent >
After operation 3, preparation makes this copper fine powder be scattered in the copper fine powder slurry of pH3.5 ~ 4.5 in the reducing agent.As the concrete grammar that is used to disperse, can enumerate out the method that the copper fine powder in the reducing agent is stirred certain hour (for example 10 ~ 20 minutes).Fluid temperature can be room temperature.
As spendable reducing agent among the present invention, can use various reducing agents.Preferred reducing agent is a weak reductant.Its reason is, though through utilizing the displacement of adding silver ion to separate out the silver-colored tunicle of formation, as accessory substance generation oxide (CuO, the Cu of this displacement reaction
2O, AgO, Ag
2O), be necessary with they reduction, even but the complex ion of copper can not make its reduction.
Spendable weak reductant has the reproducibility organic compound among the present invention, as such material, for example can use carbohydrate, polybasic carboxylic acid and its esters, aldehydes etc.Particularly can enumerate out glucose (glucose), malonic acid, butanedioic acid, glycolic, lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, oxalic acid, potassium sodium tartrate (Rochelle salt), formalin etc.
In reducing agent, preferred potassium sodium tartrate (Rochelle salt).Owing to have gentle reduction, be used as reducing agent often at the electroless plating that carries out silver.
For example, with respect to the copper powder of 100g, the concentration that can use 100 ~ 1000ml is the reducing agent aqueous solution of 0.1 ~ 5.0% quality.
Here pH is adjusted to 3.5 ~ 4.5 reason for identical with the effect of pickling processes.Preferred pH is 3.7 ~ 4.3.PH regulates and can suitably carry out through acid or alkali, as acid, if can remove the acid solution of the Cu oxide on copper fine powder surface really, does not then have particular restriction, for example can enumerate out sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid-chromic acid, sulfuric acid-hydrochloric acid.Wherein, owing to formerly use and the reason that can obtain more at an easy rate, preferably sulfuric acid in the copper fine powder of operation.As alkali, if can be attached to the organic alkaline solution on copper fine powder surface really, then there is not particular restriction, for example can enumerate out the aqueous solution of NaOH, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium metasilicate, sodium phosphate.Wherein, stronger when alkaline when needing because of hydrolysis etc., preferred potassium hydroxide.
When making copper fine powder be scattered in the reducing agent; After operation 3, acid solution is separated from copper fine powder through the decant processing, then suitably utilize decant to handle and wash; Be scattered in the copper fine powder slurry that forms in the water then and be used for operation 4 and can avoid equally and the contacting of atmosphere, so preferred.
< operation 5: the formation of silver layer >
For the copper fine powder slurry that in operation 4, obtains,, utilize no electrolysis displacement plating and reduced form electroless plating to form silver layer on the copper fine powder surface through continuous interpolation silver ion solution.As silver ion solution, can be as silver plating liquid and known any solution, but preferred liquor argenti nitratis ophthalmicus.Silver nitrate concentration can be set at 20 ~ 300g/L, is preferably 50 ~ 100g/L.In addition, less expensive because liquor argenti nitratis ophthalmicus forms complex compound easily, so preferably provide with the form of ammonia property liquor argenti nitratis ophthalmicus.Fluid temperature can be room temperature.
The speed that makes an addition to the silver ion solution in the copper fine powder slurry is set at below the 200mL/min, is preferably set to below the 100mL/min.Through to add speed more slowly, practical application is 20 ~ 200mL/min, adds the liquor argenti nitratis ophthalmicus of above-mentioned concentration range continuously, can be certain in the surface-coated silver layers of uniform of copper fine powder.Through slow interpolation silver ion solution, be prone to silver-plated with homogeneous thickness.If add soon, make that then silver-colored tunicle is inhomogeneous, the anxiety of interparticle deviation increase.Can help to form uniform silver-colored tunicle and reduce interparticle deviation through continuous interpolation silver ion solution.At this moment, preferably in reaction system, supply with silver ion solution with certain speed.
In addition, the silver ion solution time of adding can be set at 10 ~ 60 minutes according to silver-plated amount of coating, is preferably set to 20 ~ 40 minutes and finishes to add.If the interpolation of silver ion solution is fast, make that then silver-colored tunicle is inhomogeneous, the anxiety of interparticle deviation increase.In addition, if the interpolation of silver ion solution is slow, though then do not have problems in the reaction, the operation required time prolongs, and is unfavorable economically.Its result, if silver-plated amount of coating is many, then the silver ion solution interpolation speeds up, on the contrary if silver-plated amount of coating is few, it is slack-off that then silver ion solution adds speed.
Here; If the particle diameter of the copper fine powder before enforcement is silver-plated is more than the 0.4 μ m; The silver-plated tunicle that then when silver-plated, can not carry out the ultrasonic wave radiation and obtain to approach, but if less than 0.4 μ m then is prone to take place aggegation when silver-plated; The silver-plated copper micro mist of, even size fine for obtaining need carry out silver-plated in the ultrasonic wave radiation.If hyperacoustic frequency of oscillation is low excessively, then effect is insufficient, and on the other hand, if too high, then silver-plated tunicle is difficult on copper powder, grow, so be preferably 16 ~ 50kHz, 25 ~ 45kHz more preferably.From preventing the viewpoint of aggegation,, except that in adding the process of silver ion solution, hope still to continue radiation more than 10 minutes, preferred more than 20 minutes, for example 10 ~ 40 minutes after finishing adding about ultrasonic wave.
6. Separation of Solid and Liquid
Through the silver-plated copper micro mist slurry that in operation 5, obtains being carried out Separation of Solid and Liquid, can obtain silver-plated spherical copper fine powder with known any means.As the method for Separation of Solid and Liquid, for example can enumerate out electroplate liquid is separated through the decant processing with silver-plated spherical copper fine powder, silver-plated spherical copper fine powder is scattered in the water, after washing, filter and dry method.
< the 7. characteristic of silver-plated spherical copper fine powder >
The silver-plated spherical copper fine powder that obtains through said method can have following characteristic.
With regard to silver-plated spherical copper fine powder involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, the thickness of silver is 0.1nm ~ 0.2 μ m, is preferably 0.2nm ~ 0.05 μ m, for example is 0.01 ~ 0.05 μ m.Through silver-colored tunicle as thin as a wafer being arranged at the surface of copper, can in the oxidative resistance of improvement, obtain cheap conductive filler as the shortcoming of copper.
With regard to silver-plated spherical copper fine powder involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, the weight of silver is 1 ~ 25% quality.The conduction paste that can obtain electric conductivity, oxidative resistance excellence is thus used filler.Be preferably 1 ~ 20% quality, more preferably 2 ~ 15% quality.In the present invention, the weight ratio of the contained silver of silver-plated spherical copper fine powder is measured through ICP ICP Atomic Emission Spectrophotometer device.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, utilizing the accumulating weight of laser diffraction and scattering formula particle size distribution to reach 50% particle diameter (D50) is less than 1 μ m, and it is above and below the 0.9 μ m typically to be 0.05 μ m.Directly as raw material, can obtain the silver-plated copper micro mist that when being raw material, is beyond one's reach fine through the pulp-like sub-micron powder that will obtain by Wet Method Reaction with atomized powder or electrolytic powder.The D50 of silver-plated spherical copper fine powder is preferably 0.05 ~ 0.5 μ m, more preferably 0.05 ~ 0.3 μ m.Here the D50 that measures is the average grain diameter of offspring.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, the BET specific area is 1.0 ~ 10.0m
2/ g.Can infer thus and can obtain the spherical silver-plated copper micro mist of the good submicron order of dispersity.If silver-plated with the state of aggegation, then the BET specific area is lower than above-mentioned scope.The BET specific area is preferably 3.0 ~ 10.0m
2/ g, more preferably 5.0 ~ 10.0m
2/ g.
With regard to silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention, in one embodiment, tap density is greater than apparent density, and apparent density is 1.0 ~ 3.0g/cm
3, tap density is 2.0 ~ 4.0g/cm
3The high powder of tap density is because the packed density can improve preparation when sticking with paste, calcining the time, so favourable.Therefore, tap density is preferably 2.5 ~ 4.0g/cm
3, 3.0 ~ 4.0g/cm more preferably
3
In the present invention, apparent density is measured according to the method for JISZ2504.
In the present invention, tap density is measured according to the method for JISZ2512.
Can be through silver-plated copper micro mist involved in the present invention be added resin and solvent, mediate and gelatinization (pasting) prepares conduction and sticks with paste.This conduction is stuck with paste because copper is fine and close with the interface of silver, so electric conductivity (volume intrinsic resistance value (than resistance value)) excellence.
Embodiment
Below embodiments of the invention and comparative example are together illustrated, but these embodiment are for a better understanding of the present invention and advantage and providing, and are not to be intended to limit the present invention.
Embodiment 1 (no ultrasonic wave radiation)
The Arabic gum of 8g is dissolved in 7 liters the pure water, and the cuprous oxide that when stirring, adds 1000g makes it suspendible, and the cuprous oxide slurry is remained in 7 ℃.Cuprous oxide concentration in the slurry is about 143g/L, and the Arabic gum concentration in the slurry is about 1.14g/L.
Then, when stirring, last 7 ℃ dilute sulfuric acid (concentration 24% quality: 9N, the mol ratio (aqueous acid/slurry): 1.3), still continue to stir 10 minutes after finishing adding of remaining in of adding 2000cc in 16 minutes.Mixing speed is set at 500rpm, does not carry out the ultrasonic wave radiation.Confirm that through the FE-SEM observation copper powder that is generated is spherical.Gather the part of the spherical copper fine powder slurry that is generated, when measuring average grain diameter (D50) through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the average grain diameter of spherical copper fine powder is 0.79 μ m.The output of spherical copper fine powder is 440g according to calculating.
The spherical copper fine powder slurry of this of 440g is added in 1% potassium hydroxide aqueous solution of 880mL and stirred 20 minutes, then carry out a decant and handle, further add the pure water stirred for several minute of 880mL.
Then, carry out the secondary decant and handle, the sulfuric acid concentration that adds 2200mL is that the aqueous sulfuric acid of 15g/L stirred 30 minutes.
And then carry out three decants and handle, add the pure water stirred for several minute of 2200mL.
Then, carry out four decants and handle, add the 1% potassium sodium tartrate solution stirring number minute of 2200mL, form copper slurry.
In this copper slurry, add dilute sulfuric acid or potassium hydroxide solution, the pH of adjustment copper slurry makes it to reach 3.5 ~ 4.5.
The silver nitrate ammonia solution that in the copper slurry of adjusting pH, lasts 30 minutes the slow 880mL of interpolation of time (makes an addition to the silver nitrate of 77.0g in the water; Add ammoniacal liquor; Be adjusted into the solution that 880mL obtains), meanwhile, carry out displacement reaction processing and reduction reaction and handle; Further stirred 30 minutes, obtain the slurry of silver-plated copper micro mist.
Then, carry out five decants and handle, add the pure water stirred for several minute of 3500mL.
And then carry out six decants and handle, add the pure water stirred for several minute of 3500mL.Then, with silver-plated copper micro mist and solution isolated by filtration, the silver-plated copper micro mist carried out 2 hours drying through suction filtration under 90 ℃ temperature.
Measure the average grain diameter (D50) of this silver-plated spherical copper fine powder through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the result is 0.85 μ m.Obtain spherical copper fine powder through disproportionated reaction; Spherical copper fine powder filtration washing, suction dehydration are not directly carried out with slurry form continuously silver-plated, thereby can effectively obtain particle diameter and silver-plated spherical copper fine powder as the spherical copper fine powder of material powder basic identical (is about 107% with respect to material powder).Apparent density is 2.35g/cm
3, tap density is 3.51g/cm
3, the BET specific area is 1.68m
2/ g.The % quality of silver is 10.4% quality.
Embodiment 2 (no ultrasonic wave radiation)
The peptization that makes 8g is in 7 liters pure water, and the cuprous oxide that when stirring, adds 1000g makes it suspendible, and the cuprous oxide slurry is remained in 7 ℃.Cuprous oxide concentration in the slurry is about 143g/L, and the gum concentration in the slurry is about 1.14g/L.
Then, in 16 minutes, add 7 ℃ dilute sulfuric acid (concentration 24% quality: 9N, the mol ratio (aqueous acid/slurry): 1.3) of remaining in of 2000cc.Gather the part of the spherical copper fine powder slurry that is generated, measure average grain diameter (D50) through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the result is that the average grain diameter of spherical copper fine powder is 0.53 μ m.The output of spherical copper fine powder is 440g according to calculating.
Below carry out silver-plated equally with embodiment 1.
Measure the average grain diameter (D50) of this silver-plated spherical copper fine powder through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the result is 0.68 μ m.Obtain spherical copper fine powder through disproportionated reaction; Spherical copper fine powder filtration washing, suction dehydration are not directly carried out with slurry form continuously silver-plated, thereby can effectively obtain particle diameter and silver-plated spherical copper fine powder as the spherical copper fine powder of material powder basic identical (is about 128% with respect to material powder).Apparent density is 2.08g/cm
3, tap density is 2.79g/cm
3, the BET specific area is 3.96m
2/ g.The % quality of silver is 10.1% quality.
Embodiment 3 (the ultrasonic wave radiation is arranged)
The peptization that makes 8g is in 7 liters pure water, and the cuprous oxide that when stirring, adds 1000g makes it suspendible, and the cuprous oxide slurry is remained in 7 ℃.Cuprous oxide concentration in the slurry is about 143g/L, and the gum concentration in the slurry is about 1.14g/L.
Then, in 5 seconds, add 7 ℃ dilute sulfuric acid (concentration 24% quality: 9N, the mol ratio (aqueous acid/slurry): 1.3) of remaining in of 2000cc.Gather the part of the spherical copper fine powder slurry that is generated, measure average grain diameter (D50) through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the average grain diameter of the spherical copper fine powder of result is 0.10 μ m.The output of spherical copper fine powder is 440g according to calculating.
Below, carry out silver-plated equally with embodiment 1 except that in 60 minutes frequency of oscillation being set at 40kHz and carrying out the ultrasonic wave radiation 30 minutes continuous interpolation time of silver nitrate ammonia solution and after this 30 minutes mixings time being merged count.
When passing through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100) when measuring the average grain diameter (D50) of this silver-plated spherical copper fine powder, the result is 0.12 μ m.Obtain spherical copper fine powder through disproportionated reaction; Spherical copper fine powder filtration washing, suction dehydration are not directly carried out with slurry form continuously silver-plated, thereby can effectively obtain particle diameter and silver-plated spherical copper fine powder as the spherical copper fine powder of material powder basic identical (is about 120% with respect to material powder).Apparent density is 2.23g/cm
3, tap density is 3.09g/cm
3, the BET specific area is 6.05m
2/ g.The % quality of silver is 10.2% quality.
Comparative example (no ultrasonic wave radiation)
The peptization that makes 8g is in 7 liters pure water, and the cuprous oxide that when stirring, adds 1000g makes it suspendible, and the cuprous oxide slurry is remained in 7 ℃.Cuprous oxide concentration in the slurry is about 143g/L, and the gum concentration in the slurry is about 1.14g/L.
Then, in 5 seconds, add 7 ℃ dilute sulfuric acid (concentration 24% quality: 9N, the mol ratio (aqueous acid/slurry): 1.3) of remaining in of 2000cc.Gather the part of the spherical copper fine powder slurry that is generated, measure average grain diameter (D50) through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the average grain diameter of the spherical copper fine powder of result is 0.10 μ m.The output of spherical copper fine powder is 440g according to calculating.
Below carry out silver-plated equally with embodiment 1.
Measure the average grain diameter (D50) of this silver-plated spherical copper fine powder through laser diffraction formula particle size distribution device ((strain) Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd. system, model SALD-2100), the result is 0.78 μ m.Obtain spherical copper fine powder through disproportionated reaction; Spherical copper fine powder filtration washing, suction dehydration are not directly carried out with slurry form continuously silver-plated, thereby can effectively obtain particle diameter with respect to as the suitable silver-plated spherical copper fine powder of big (is about 780% with respect to material powder) of the spherical copper fine powder of material powder.Apparent density is 1.65g/cm
3, tap density is 2.44g/cm
3, the BET specific area is 11.06m
2/ g.The % quality of silver is 9.0% quality.
Above result is summarized in the table 1.Silver-plated thickness setting deducts the value that the average grain diameter of spherical copper fine powder obtains for the average grain diameter from silver-plated spherical copper fine powder.
[table 1]
Can know by these results, if the average grain diameter of the spherical copper fine powder of raw material is more than about 0.4 μ m, then can be through under the wet method condition silver-plated continuously, the ultra tiny copper fine powder surface that is provided at average grain diameter less than 1 μ m is formed with the silver-plated copper micro mist of silver coating as thin as a wafer.But if the not enough about 0.4 μ m of average grain diameter, then the aggegation degree raises, so the ultrasonic wave radiation treatment when needing continuous silver-plated and silver-plated under the wet method condition.