The invention discloses a method for preparing a cobaltosic
oxide with a small and uniform particle size and belongs to the technical field of inorganic chemicals. The method comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving a
cobalt salt into hot water so as to obtain a 1.0-2.0mol / L
cobalt salt solution, and dissolving a precipitant into hot water so as to obtain a 10-15mol / L base solution, wherein the precipitant is
ammonium carbonate or
ammonium bicarbonate; (2) rapidly stirring the base solution under a normal temperature condition, and uniformly putting the
cobalt salt solution into the stirred base solution at a uniform speed to generate uniform flocculent
colloid, wherein the
mole ratio of the
cobalt salt to the precipitant is 1:3; (3) rapidly heating the flocculent
colloid to 40-60 DEGC, leaving to stand and age under a heat preservation condition so as to obtain an aged liquid with a cobaltosic
oxide precursor, and carrying out steps of
filtration, pulping, washing and calcining,thereby obtaining the cobaltosic
oxide. By adopting the method, complexing reactions of the precipitant and a
polycondensation reaction of the flocculent
colloid of an extreme large
supersaturation degree are sufficiently utilized, a
microwave technique is creatively used, and a product of a uniform and controllable particle size, a complete
sphericity degree and a large specific surface area canbe produced.