| CPC C09K 11/621 (2013.01) [C01G 7/006 (2013.01); C09K 11/025 (2013.01); C09K 11/582 (2013.01); C09K 11/584 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2002/54 (2013.01); C01P 2002/70 (2013.01); C01P 2002/85 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2004/80 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); C01P 2006/60 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A semiconductor nanoparticle comprising:
a compound containing Ag, Au, S and a metal M as essential constitutional elements,
wherein the metal M is at least any of Al, Ga, In, Tl, Zn, Cd, Hg and Cu,
the compound has a total content of Ag, Au, S and the metal M of 95 mass % or more, and
a ratio (x/(x+y)) of the number of atoms of Ag to a sum of the number of atoms of Ag, x, and the number of atoms of Au, y, in the compound is 0.60 or more and 0.88 or less.
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