TUNGSTEN POWDER, ANODE BODY FOR CAPACITORS, AND ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR

A tungsten powder for an electrolytic capacitor having good leakage current (LC) characteristics, which powder contains germanium element only in the particle surface region and having a germanium element content of 0.05 to 7 mass %. The tungsten powder preferably has a volume average diameter of the primary particle of 0.1 to 1 μm; the germanium element is localized in a region from the particle surface to a depth of 50 nm inside the particle; the tungsten powder contains at least one member selected from tungsten silicide, tungsten carbide, tungsten boride, and tungsten containing nitrogen solid solution only in the particle surface region; the content of phosphorus element is 1 to 500 ppm by mass; and the oxygen content is 0.05 to 8 mass %.