The present invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of
carbide materials, and discloses a method for preparing β-SiC
powder, comprising the following steps: adding blue
charcoal, water glass, an
organic acid and a
metal salt to water, mixing evenly, and then hydrothermally treating at a constant temperature of 100-200°C for 1-10h to obtain a carbon-
silicon composite precursor; placing the carbon-
silicon composite precursor under an
argon atmosphere, performing a carbon thermal reduction reaction, obtaining a
reaction product, and purifying the
reaction product to obtain β-SiC
powder. The present invention uses a hydrothermal method to fully crosslink and mix water glass and blue
charcoal at a molecular scale to form a carbon-
silicon composite precursor composite, thereby significantly improving the yield of
silicon carbide, and since the
present method can achieve the mixing of raw materials at a molecular scale, the requirements for
raw material purity can be reduced. In the crosslinking mixing process, an
organic acid is added to neutralize the alkaline substances in the water glass, reduce equipment
corrosion, and increase the service life of the equipment.