CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide conductive particles capable of enhancing conduction reliability when electrically connecting electrodes.SOLUTION: Conductive particles 1 according to the present invention each include a base material particle 2 and a conductive layer 3 disposed on the surface of the base material particle 2. The base material particle 2 has a compressive elastic modulus of 1,000 N/mmor more when compressed by 10%. The conductive layer 3 has a palladium layer on the outer surface side. The content of palladium is 99.9 wt.% or more in 100 wt.% of the palladium layer. 【課題】電極間を電気的に接続した場合に、導通信頼性を高めることができる導電性粒子を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る導電性粒子１は、基材粒子２と、基材粒子２の表面上に配置された導電層３とを備え、基材粒子２を１０％圧縮したときの圧縮弾性率が１０００Ｎ／ｍｍ２以上であり、導電層３が外表面側にパラジウム層を有し、パラジウム層１００重量％中、パラジウムの含有量が９９．９重量％以上である。【選択図】図１