The invention relates to a low-
oxygen-content and high-yield spherical aluminum
bronze alloy powder for
thermal spraying and a preparation method thereof. A vacuum melting-
inert gas atomization method is used for preparing the aluminum
bronze alloy powder. The aluminum
bronze alloy powder comprises the following components: 1-20wt% of aluminum, 0-5wt% of iron, less than or equal to 120ppm of
oxygen and the balance of
copper. The
granularity is 25-124mu m, the main body is in the range of 25-45mu m, and the one-time powder yield in the range of 25-124mu m is greater than or equal to 75%. A soft support wear-resistant
coating prepared by adopting the powder has the characteristics that the
hardness HR15T is greater than or equal to 89, the
bonding strength is greater than or equal to 35MPa, the
oxide content is 0.8-1.5wt%, and the
porosity is 8-11%. The invention solves the technical problems of poor powder
sphericity, low one-time powder yield, unqualified
oxide content and
hardness in the
coating and the like. The powder can be used as a
raw material for preparing a soft wear-resistant
coating material and a
copper-aluminum /
nickel-
graphite sealing coating material. Compared with the traditional aluminum bronze alloy powder, the powder provided by the invention has the advantages that the
thermal spraying process adaptability of the powder and the performance of the coating are better, and the
oxide content is lower.