Patent 11424049 was granted and assigned to DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. on August, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
While a water reaction system containing silver ions is irradiated with ultrasonic waves to cause cavitation therein, a reducing agent containing solution, which contains an aldehyde as a reducing agent, is mixed with the water reaction system to deposit silver particles, the solid-liquid separation of which is carried out, and thereafter, the separated silver particles are washed and dried to produce a spherical silver powder which has a closed cavity in each particle thereof.