The invention is suitable for the technical field of
ceramic materials, and relates to
lanthanum calcium sulfide transparent
ceramic powder and a preparation method thereof. Comprising the following steps: weighing
nitrate containing La and Ca according to a certain
molar ratio, respectively dissolving into deionized water, and uniformly mixing to obtain a solution A; adding a
citric acid solution into the solution A, adjusting the pH value with
ammonia water, and stirring to obtain a
mixed solution; the
mixed solution is heated and stirred for a period of time, white transparent
sol is formed through
hydrolysis and
polymerization reaction, and then the
sol is placed in a
drying box to be dehydrated into dry gel; heating the dried gel at high temperature to obtain
lanthanum calcium sulfide precursor
powder; and putting the
lanthanum-
calcium sulfide precursor
powder into a tubular furnace, and vulcanizing in a
sulfur-containing
atmosphere to obtain the lanthanum-
calcium sulfide powder. The method has the beneficial effects that the operation steps are simple, and the production cost and the production difficulty are effectively reduced. And gel organic components are removed by means of
spontaneous combustion treatment, and the
raw material proportion and
reaction conditions are accurately controlled, so that the powder purity is greatly improved. In the
hydrolysis and
polymerization reaction,
citric acid complexation is utilized and
reaction conditions are strictly controlled, so that the particle size of the powder is uniform, the
dispersity is good, and the transparency, the
mechanical property and the
optical property of the transparent
ceramic are improved. Besides, by adjusting parameters such as
raw material proportion, solution pH value,
reaction temperature and time and the like, the performance of the powder is flexibly regulated and controlled, and diversified requirements on the performance of the lanthanum
calcium sulfide ceramic powder in different application scenes are met.