The invention belongs to the technical field of
metallurgy, and particularly relates to medium-particle
tungsten carbide powder and a preparation method and application thereof.The preparation method comprises the following steps that S1, high-purity
ammonium paratungstate is obtained, the high-purity
ammonium paratungstate is calcined to obtain
tungsten oxide, K in the high-purity
ammonium paratungstate is smaller than or equal to 1 ppm, Na in the high-purity
ammonium paratungstate is smaller than or equal to 1 ppm, N is smaller than or equal to 1 ppm, and N is smaller than or equal to 1 ppm; the specific surface area of the
tungsten oxide is 0.3-1.0 m < 2 > / g; s2, the
tungsten oxide is subjected to first
hydrogen reduction, second
hydrogen reduction and third
hydrogen reduction, and tungsten
powder is obtained; and S3, the tungsten
powder is sieved, a tungsten-carbon mixture is obtained after carbon is added, the tungsten-carbon mixture is carbonized, crushed and sieved, and the medium-particle
tungsten carbide powder is obtained. According to the method, high-purity
ammonium paratungstate with the content of
impurity elements such as
potassium and
sodium smaller than 1 ppm is selected as the
raw material, abnormal growth of tungsten powder particles caused by the
impurity elements in the reduction process can be effectively reduced, three-section hydrogen reduction is adopted, the tungsten powder particles are developed completely, the powder activity is low, and the particle
size increase in the subsequent
carbonization process is small.