A preparation method of
niobium carbide powder, carbon-containing material,
silicon reducing agent,
niobium concentrate are sequentially added into a
mixing tank, mixed uniformly to obtain mixed raw materials; the mixed raw materials are put into an electric furnace, the electric furnace is heated, the material
smelting temperature is gradually maintained, the
molten pool temperature reaches 1600 DEG C to 1800 DEG C, after the mixed raw materials are completely melted, the heat preservation reaction is continued for 1 hour, the
smelting is finished, the
molten slag is poured out, the
slag-iron separation is carried out, the carbon-containing
niobium-iron
alloy is obtained, and the carbon-containing niobium-iron
alloy block is crushed; the carbon-containing niobium-iron
alloy block is put into a reaction tank, water, inorganic acid, solubilizing agent and
oxalic acid are sequentially added as leaching liquid,
dissolution leaching is carried out,
centrifugal separation is carried out, the
solid materials are subjected to multi-stage countercurrent washing, and the
niobium carbide powder is obtained. The advantages are: short process flow, low
energy consumption, strong
operability, easy control of reaction process, high production efficiency, high yield, short
production cycle, the obtained
niobium carbide product is in
powder shape, and high
hardness niobium carbide does not need to be crushed.