The invention provides atomized silver
powder and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
metal powder preparation. According to the preparation method, through the synergistic effect of atomization
powder preparation, two-step ball milling and
mechanical crushing, two kinds of mixed state silver powder which is wide in
particle size distribution, uneven in surface and irregular in edge and is in a thick sheet shape and a small-particle sphere-like shape are prepared. According to the method, more
satellite spherical micron silver powder particles are prepared by controlling gas atomization powder preparation, then the large-particle
satellite spherical silver powder is ground into sheets and is prevented from being scattered into small spherical particles through a primary flaking process and large-ball slow
grinding, and in a secondary flaking process, small-ball quick
grinding is added, so that the large-particle
satellite spherical silver powder is prepared. According to the method, the silver powder of the middle size is rapidly ground into sheets, meanwhile, the form of the small-particle spherical silver powder is prevented from being damaged, finally, the surface of the sheet-shaped silver powder is modified through
mechanical crushing, the target silver powder is obtained, a pure physical powder preparing technology is adopted, the production cost is low, environment friendliness is achieved, the batch stability is good, and the method can be directly used for electronic paste.