The invention discloses a preparation method of
niobium-
tungsten alloy spherical
powder and a 3D printing method of the
niobium-
tungsten alloy spherical
powder, and belongs to the technical field of
refractory metal material preparation.The preparation method comprises the steps that
niobium,
tungsten,
molybdenum and
zirconium refractory metal raw materials are smelted to obtain cast ingots with uniform components, and
hydride powder is formed after hydrotreating and
mechanical crushing; spherical powder is prepared by adopting a
plasma spheroidizing technology, then
dehydrogenation is performed for 1-3 hours at the temperature of 450-750 DEG C,
magnesium powder is added, treatment is performed for 2-5 hours in an
inert atmosphere at the temperature of 800-1100 DEG C, and finally the low-
oxygen niobium-
tungsten alloy spherical powder with the
oxygen content lower than 120 ppm is obtained. Compared with a traditional process, the spheroidizing treatment is innovatively carried out before the
dehydrogenation and
oxygen reduction process, the deoxidation efficiency is improved through the relatively small specific surface area of spherical powder, and
oxygen content control is achieved in combination with
magnesium powder heat treatment. The problems of
high oxygen content and low powder yield in a traditional process are solved, and material support is provided for high-performance niobium-
tungsten alloy components in the fields of
aerospace,
nuclear power and the like.