The invention discloses a method for converting 6N-grade
quartz sand into high-purity alpha-
cristobalite by
doping and
coating, and belongs to the technical field of inorganic non-metallic material preparation. The method comprises the following steps: with 6N-grade
quartz sand as a
raw material,
coating the surface of the 6N-grade
quartz sand with a
silicic acid precursor containing
alkali metal elements to form a
coating layer; after
drying, carrying out temperature-controlled
crystallization at a relatively low temperature, inducing the quartz sand to generate lattice reconstruction from outside to inside by utilizing
alkali metal in a coating layer, and converting the quartz sand into alpha-
cristobalite; after
crystallization, a
surface coating layer and residual impurities are removed through an acid
pickling process, the high-purity characteristic is recovered, and a high-purity alpha-
cristobalite product is obtained. According to the method, efficient
crystallization of the 6N-grade quartz sand at the relatively low temperature is achieved, the purity of the obtained product can reach the 6N grade, the
crystal phase is pure, the light
transmittance is excellent, the method can be widely applied to the fields of optical lenses,
electronic packaging,
aerospace high-temperature-resistant parts and the like, and the method has the advantages of being simple in process, low in
energy consumption and suitable for large-scale production.