The invention discloses a method for controlling the carbon content of
nickel-based high-temperature
alloy powder prepared from coarse
powder return scraps, which comprises the following steps of: respectively detecting the carbon content and the
oxygen content of the coarse
powder return scraps and a master
alloy bar before
smelting, and calculating the average carbon content and the average
oxygen content according to a charging ratio; determining the
carbon loss in the melt in combination with a carbon-
oxygen reaction mechanism under the
smelting condition; with the set target carbon content as the reference, the required theoretical carbon supplementing amount is calculated, and a stepped carbon supplementing scheme is determined according to the carbon content level of the master
alloy bar; the carbon supplementing
raw material is
graphite electrode fragments which are mechanically broken and wrapped by
nickel foil, the
graphite electrode fragments, coarse powder return scraps and mother alloy bars are added into a
crucible together,
vacuum induction melting is carried out under the conditions that the vacuum degree ranges from 1.0 Pa to 2.0 Pa and the temperature ranges from 1500 DEG C to 1600 DEG C, and powder is prepared through a gas atomization technology. And after the powder is prepared, the carbon content of the powder is detected, and a carbon supplementing scheme of a subsequent furnace is corrected according to a result, so that closed-
loop control is realized. According to the method, the problem that fluctuation of the carbon content is difficult to control in the coarse powder return
scrap powder preparation process can be solved, stable and accurate control over the carbon content of the
nickel-based high-temperature alloy powder is achieved, the stability of components among powder batches is effectively improved, and the method is suitable for a VIGA powder preparation technology of coarse powder-containing return scraps.