In this study,the influences of La2O3 added on the phase,morphology and reduction process of tung-sten oxide prepared by solution combustion synthesis (SCS) were investigated for the first time.And tungsten nanopowders with different La2O3 doping amount (0.5~5.0 wt%) were successfully prepared by SCS and followed hydrogen reduction.The results showed that with the increase of La2O3 addition,the product synthesized by SCS changed from needle-like W18O49 to irregularly granulated H0.53WO3 and the complete reduction temperature also increased form 700 ℃ to 850 ℃.The densification behavior of as-prepared W nanopowders revealed that the densification inhibitory effect of La2O3 was enhanced as the La2O3 addition increased.Nevertheless,due to the optimal size and distribution of La2O3 particles,the sample with 2.0 wt% La2O3 addition has a smallest grain size of 0.47 μm and a highest microhardness value of 739.3 Hv0.2,which are the best compared with the literature.