Crystal growth of tungsten during hydrogen reduction of tungsten oxide at high temperature
Crystal growth of tungsten during hydrogen reduction of tungsten oxide (WO3) to prepare coarse grain tungsten powder at high temperature (950 ℃) was studied. The phase composition and morphologies of products were investigated by means of XRD and SEM. The results show that the reduction sequence of hydrogen reduction of WO3 is WO3→WO2.9→W18O49→WO2→W. The step of WO2→W is the critical step which determines the grain size of tungsten powder. The partial pressure (pH2O/pH2) of H2O within powder lay...