Production and research of tungsten carbide powder from VA grade tungsten metal waste in aviation kerosene

Purpose. Obtaining and studying the composition, structure and properties of tungsten carbide powder from VA grade tungsten metal waste in aviation kerosene.

Methods. Tungsten carbide powder from tungsten metal waste of the VA brand was obtained in the following sequence. The reactor was filled with a working medium – aviation kerosene of the TS-1 brand, the waste was loaded into the reactor. Electrodes were mounted from the same waste tungsten of the VA brand. The mounted electrodes were connected to a pulse generator. The necessary electrical parameters of the installation were set: the capacitance of the condensers is 42.0–43.5 UF; the voltage on the electrodes is from 115–120 V; the pulse repetition rate is 50–55 Hz. The resulting tungsten powder was studied using: a scanning electron microscope QUANTA 600 FEG; a particle size analyzer Analysette 22 NanoTec; an energy-dispersed X-ray analyzer from the company EDAX; X-ray diffraction on a diffractometer Rigaku Ultima IV.

Results. Based on the conducted experimental studies, a new method for producing tungsten carbide powder has been developed, characterized in that the powder is obtained by electroerosive dispersion of tungsten metal waste of the VA brand in aviation kerosene at a capacitor capacity of 42.0–43.5 UF, an electrode voltage of 115–120 V and a pulse repetition frequency of 50–55 Hz. It has been experimentally established that spherical and elliptical particles of tungsten carbide powder W2C have sizes from 2.26 microns to 90.72 microns with an average volumetric diameter of 20.2 microns and contain carbon on the surface.

Conclusion. The production of tungsten carbide suitable for industrial use at low energy costs from metal waste has shown high efficiency of the technology of electroerosion dispersion.

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