Abstract
Nanostructure of carbon encapsulated tungsten carbide (WC@C) has been prepared using reaction between metallic magnesium (Mg), acetone (C3H6O) and tungsten trioxide (WO3) in an autoclave at 600°C. The resultant powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis/thermal gravimetric analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The XRD results showed that the optimization of the reaction time facilitates the reduction as well as carburization of the tungsten source. The apparent activation energy for decarburization of carbide phase was also evaluated from the data of thermal analysis to find the thermal stability of carbide phase. TEM image showed that the synthesized sample consisted of particles with an average size of 35nm.
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