The invention discloses a preparation method of spherical 
powder of a 
refractory material. The method includes the steps that firstly, 
raw material powder of the 
refractory material and an adhering agent are mixed uniformly, then pelleting is performed, and prefabricated granules are obtained; secondly, the prefabricated granules are subjected to 
vacuum sintering or 
hydrogen atmosphere protectingsintering, and a prefabricated granule blank body is obtained; and thirdly, the prefabricated granule blank body is contained into a quantitative 
powder feeding device of a 
plasma device, and is fed into a high temperature area of a 
plasma generating device through a conveying pipeline under the gas effect to be molten and shrink so as to generate a compact sphere, then the compact sphere falls into a collecting tank, and the spherical powder of the 
refractory material is obtained. According to the preparation method of the spherical powder of the refractory material, the 
raw material powder of the refractory material is sintered after being subjected to pelleting, then 
plasma is adopted, the 
raw material powder of the refractory material is made to be molten rapidly, the spherical powderis generated through fast shrinking and nodulizing, the 
sphericity degree of the powder is improved, and generation of 
satellite powder and hollow powder is avoided, and finally the compact and uniform spherical powder, smooth and clean in surface and high in 
sphericity degree, of the refractory material is obtained.