The invention discloses a
magnesium alloy refiner and a preparation method thereof, and relates to a grain refiner and a preparation method thereof. The method solves the problems that an overheating treatment method of the existing
magnesium alloy refining method has strict condition requirement, the oxidation burning loss of
magnesium is serous, a carbon-containing material treatment method has high temperature and produces harmful gases such as Cl2, HCl and the like, a
ferric chloride method reduces the
corrosion resistance of the
magnesium alloy, an alloying method has high cost, a granular
graphite or
aluminium carbide granule method is easy to produce segregation on the
grain boundary and a
Zr element method has narrow application range. The
magnesium alloy refiner is prepared from a
calcium metal and a primary magnesium
ingot. The preparation method comprises the following steps: heating and melting the primary magnesium
ingot under atmospheric protection, then adding the
calcium metal into the melted primary magnesium
ingot, dissolving the
calcium metal and stirring the mixture uniformly, and
casting the mixture to form the
magnesium alloy refiner. The magnesium
alloy refiner has no burning loss, does not produce the harmful gases, has no influence on the
corrosion resistance of the magnesium alloy, has low cost, is uniformly distributed in the alloy, can improve the
mechanical property of the alloy, and is used for refining the magnesium alloy.