The present invention relates to the technical field of
quartz sand, and particularly relates to a method for preparing high-purity
cristobalite, which method comprises:
drying, calcining and scattering
amorphous silica to obtain high-purity
cristobalite. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: 1, the
amorphous silica has a relatively large specific surface area, with the surface thereof rich in hydroxyl, the
cristobalite is apt to contain pores during the process of converting the
amorphous silica into the cristobalite, and in order to eliminate the pores, the present invention uses a
coupling agent for surface treatment and then conducts
calcination, which results in, as shown in data, significant reduction in hydroxyl; and 2, under the condition of the same
mass of the
coupling agent, the inventor selects a
silane coupling agent having a shorter chain, which results in fewer pores in the cristobalite and reduction in the calcining temperature and time to a certain extent, and possible reasons therefor are that the
silane coupling agent is decomposed at a high temperature to form
silicon oxide and the
silicon oxide formed by
decomposition has a smaller particle size and preferentially forms a
crystal nucleus, thereby promoting the overall
crystal form conversion.