It is an object of the present invention to provide spherical metal particles having excellent monodispersity. The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing monodisperse spherical metal particles characterized by passing liquid metal through a porous membrane so as to disperse the resulting liquid metal particles in a continuous liquid phase.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/272,472, filed Oct. 15, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,884,278, which is a continuation-in-part of International Application No. PCT/JP02/02737, filed on Mar. 22, 2002, and designating, inter alia, the United States, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application Serial Number 2001-328672, filed Oct. 26, 2001.
