New Method for Reduction of Ultra Coarse Tungsten Powder by Ammonium Paratungstate
Ultra coarse tungsten powder is an important raw material for the preparation of ultra coarse tungsten carbide. Compared with ultrafine tungsten powder, it has a series of advantages, such as less high-temperature defects, higher microhardness and smaller micro strain. The common process of reduction of ultra coarse tungsten powder by ammonium paratungstate is usually the reduction of ammonium paratungstate into blue tungsten or yellow tungsten, and then by hydrogen reduction furnace. The tungsten powder prepared by this method is regular polycrystalline, and the particle size is mostly controlled between 2 microns and 5 microns, and the powder size is moderate. In order to prepare ultra coarse tungsten powder, Li or Na was added to tungsten oxide, as far as the average degree of tungsten powder is concerned, the process of adding Li to ammonium paratungstate is the most effective, but there is a large amount of residue in the powder; At the same time, studies have shown that adding a ...