There is provided a method for producing a silver powder having excellent
dispersibility and capable of forming a paste which do not form suspended
matters by phase separation and which is printed on a substrate to form a
film having a uniform thickness. In this method, an alkali or a
complexing agent is added to an aqueous silver salt containing solution
to form a silver oxide containing slurry or an aqueous silver complex
salt containing solution. After or before silver particles are deposited
by reduction by adding a reducing agent to the silver oxide containing
slurry or aqueous silver complex salt containing solution while stirring
it, at least one chelating agent selected from the group consisting of
compounds having an azole structure, dicarboxylic acids, hydroxy
carboxylic acids and salts thereof is added to a silver power containing
slurry solution as a dispersing agent.