The application belongs to the technical field of hard
alloy, and particularly relates to high-performance hard
alloy with dispersed and uniform
tantalum carbide and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding
potassium fluotantalate solution into a
cobalt-
nickel solution; adjusting the pH of the solution to make
cobalt,
nickel and
tantalum completely precipitate, and then filtering, washing with water and
drying to obtain
cobalt-
nickel-
tantalum precursors; then reducing, crushing and sieving to obtain precursor
powder; mixing the precursor
powder with
carbon black,
tungsten carbide and paraffin, and then wet ball-milling, spray granulating, preparing a compact and
sintering to obtain high-performance hard
alloy. By adding nickel element, using a liquid-liquid mixing method and reducing, superfine cobalt-nickel
solid solution
powder is obtained, which can improve the
toughness of the alloy; the conversion of tantalum is completed in the
sintering process, which is beneficial to the dispersion of tantalum and the strengthening of the alloy performance, improves the
solid solution amount of tantalum in cobalt-nickel, inhibits the
sintering growth of WC, and improves the
hardness and
wear resistance of the alloy.