Abstract: Provided is a nickel powder in which growth of the nickel hydroxide component into a plate-shaped crystal is suppressed in the oxide film, and the content of coarse particles containing plate-shaped nickel hydroxide is small, and provided is a method for manufacturing the nickel powder by a wet process in which the nickel powder can be produced further simply and easily. A nickel powder including: particles having a substantially spherical shape and a number average size of 0.03 ?m to 0.4 ?m; and an oxide film, on the particle surface, containing a basic salt of nickel hydroxide, wherein the content of coarse particles having a particle size of more than 0.8 ?m is 200 mass ppm or less, and the content of coarse particles having a particle size of more than 1.2 ?m is 100 mass ppm or less.

Abstract: The method is: a preparation step in which a magnetic metal source, a nucleating agent, a complexing agent, a reducing agent, and a pH adjusting agent are prepared as starting materials; a crystallization step in which a reaction liquid that includes the starting materials and water is prepared, and a crystallized powder that includes the magnetic metals is made to crystallize in the reaction liquid by a reduction reaction; and a recovery step in which the crystallized powder is recovered from the reaction liquid. The magnetic metal source includes a water-soluble iron salt and a water-soluble nickel salt, the nucleating agent is a water-soluble salt of a metal that is more noble than nickel, and the complexing agent is at least one type of substance selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy carboxylic acid, a salt of a hydroxy carboxylic acid, and a derivative of a hydroxy carboxylic acid.

Abstract: Provided is a nickel powder in which growth of the nickel hydroxide component into a plate-shaped crystal is suppressed in the oxide film, and the content of coarse particles containing plate-shaped nickel hydroxide is small, and provided is a method for manufacturing the nickel powder by a wet process in which the nickel powder can be produced further simply and easily. A nickel powder including: particles having a substantially spherical shape and a number average size of 0.03 ?m to 0.4 ?m; and an oxide film, on the particle surface, containing a basic salt of nickel hydroxide, wherein the content of coarse particles having a particle size of more than 0.8 ?m is 200 mass ppm or less, and the content of coarse particles having a particle size of more than 1.2 ?m is 100 mass ppm or less.