The application discloses a preparation method of rare
metal chloride, which comprises the following steps: in an
inert atmosphere, a mixture containing rare
metal powder, a
chlorine salt and an auxiliary material is heated to a predetermined temperature,
oxygen is introduced, the concentration of
oxygen in the
mixed gas is adjusted, a chlorination reaction is carried out, and a chlorination product is condensed and collected to obtain the rare
metal chloride. The application avoids the safety
production risk caused by the use of
chlorine or
hydrogen chloride in the traditional production, and the production process avoids the leakage risk of
liquid chlorine and
compressed hydrogen chloride in the storage and transportation process. Since the reaction process is a double
decomposition reaction, the
reaction rate is controllable, the reaction does not have obvious heat release, and is safe and reliable. The
chlorine content in the production
tail gas is extremely low, and the environmental
pollution problem caused by a large amount of chlorine-containing
tail gas in the traditional chlorination process is avoided.