The invention provides a method for preparing WC-Co
powder used for
thermal spraying. The method includes the following steps that
tungsten carbide, water
solubility cobalt salt, carbon sources and water are mixed to acquire mixed
slurry; after ball-milling and even blending are conducted on the mixed
slurry,
spray granulation is conducted, and WC precursor
powder coated by the
cobalt salt is acquired; reduction and
carbonization are conducted on the WC precursor
powder coated by the
cobalt salt, and the WC-Co powder is acquired. According to the method, the water
solubility cobalt salt serves as the cobalt sources, the WC precursor powder coated by the
cobalt salt is prepared by the adoption of the
liquid phase method, so that the cobalt can evenly coat the surface of the WC in a solution molecular mode, reduction and
carbonization are conducted on the WC precursor powder coated by the
cobalt salt, and the WC-Co powder is acquired. The acquired WC-Co powder by the adoption of the method is even in
granularity, controllable in ingredients, even in powder ingredients, free of W2C, eta-Co3W3C, eta-Co6W6C,
metal tungsten and the like in the ingredients, the degree of
sphericity is high, mobility is good, the
decarburization phase and phase
decomposition does not occur on the surface of the spraying matrix.