
Dark blue nano tungsten oxide for thermal insulation coating can be obtained by using ultra-pure ammonium paratungstate as a raw material and calcining it in argon. Thereafter, the obtained blue tungsten oxide is reduced in hydrogen. The tungsten powder obtained by the first reduction is oxidized to tungsten trioxide in air and then reduced to tungsten powder by the second reduction in hydrogen. The specific surface area of the tungsten powder after the second reduction was measured to be 0.180m2/g,…