Tungsten carbide nanopowder synthesis under the influence of microwave electromagnetic radiation on a W-C system nanocomposite produced in a thermal plasma
The effect of processing multicomponent nanopowders of the W-C system, obtained by plasma-chemical synthesis, in microwave fields with a frequency of 2.45 and 24 GHz generated using a magnetron and gyrotron, respectively, was studied experimentally. It has been established that microwave processing results in the formation of nanosized particles of WC tungsten carbide. The infiuence of processing time on the phase, disperse, and chemical compositions of nanopowders is investigated.