The invention belongs to the technical field of
metallurgy, and particularly relates to superfine particle
tungsten carbide powder and a preparation method and application thereof.The preparation method comprises the following steps that S1, carbon paste,
hydrochloric acid and an
ammonium tungstate solution are obtained, the carbon paste and the
hydrochloric acid are subjected to first ultrasonic stirring, and a first
mixed solution is obtained, performing second ultrasonic stirring on the
ammonium tungstate solution and the first
mixed solution to obtain a second
mixed solution, washing the second mixed solution with pure water, and
drying to obtain a
tungstic acid and carbon precursor mixture; s2, calcining the
tungstic acid and carbon precursor mixture to obtain a
tungsten oxide and carbon mixture; s3, the
tungsten oxide and carbon mixture is subjected to first
carbonization, crushing and sieving, and first
tungsten carbide powder is obtained; and S4, the first
tungsten carbide powder is subjected to carbon blending to obtain second
tungsten carbide powder, and the second tungsten
carbide powder is subjected to second
carbonization, crushing and sieving to obtain the
ultrafine particle tungsten
carbide powder. According to the preparation method, the
ultrafine particle tungsten carbide powder with the specific surface area of 2.0-3.0 m < 2 > / g, the combined carbon content of 6.10-6.11 wt% and the free carbon content of 0.03-0.04 wt% is prepared by adopting carbon thermal reduction and step-by-step
carbonization.