To provide a method for efficiently producing uniform fine metallic grains of high quality at a high yield and at a low cost at the time of producing fine metallic grains and to provide an atomizing device used as a device for producing fine metallic grains.
This method for producing fine metallic grains is the one in which a metallic ion soln. is atomized by a gas fed from a gas feed opening part 72 disposed in the vicinity of a metallic ion soln. feed opening part 71, which is subjected to reducing treatment in reducing flame, and furthermore, a gas for protection is fed thereto to protect the metallic ion soln. feed opening part 71. The atomizing device 1 has a metallic ion soln. feed opening part, a gas feed opening part 72 for atomizing a metallic ion soln. and a gas feed opening part 73 for protection for protecting the metallic ion soln. feed opening part.