The invention relates to spherical SiC / Al-Si composite
powder as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of non-
metal-containing alloys. The preparation method of the spherical SiC / Al-Si composite
powder comprises the following steps that S1, spherical Al-Si pre-alloyed
powder and
hydrocarbon compound gas (including at least one of
alkane gas, olefin gas and
alkyne gas) are subjected to a
carbonization reaction for 1-10 h at the temperature of 400-700 DEG C, and carbon-coated spherical Al-Si pre-alloyed powder is obtained; and S2, the carbon-coated spherical Al-Si pre-alloyed powder obtained in the step S1 is subjected to an in-situ reaction for 0.5-10 h at the temperature of 750-1000 DEG C in the
inert gas
atmosphere, and the spherical SiC / Al-Si composite powder is obtained. The spherical SiC / Al-Si composite powder prepared through the preparation method has good fluidity, the content of SiC in the spherical SiC / Al-Si composite powder is controllable, and the
interface bonding strength of the spherical SiC / Al-Si composite powder and an Al matrix is high.