The invention belongs to the field of inorganic non-
metallic materials and relates to a method for preparing
porous silicon carbide ceramic. The method comprises that alkaline silica
sol and
silicon carbide ceramic powder are subjected to ball milling mixing to form
silicon carbide ceramic water-based suspension
slurry, a surfactant is added into the
silicon carbide ceramic water-based suspension
slurry, the mixture is stirred and foams at designed multiplying power, the foaming
slurry is added with a coagulation accelerator, the mixture is stirred to form uniform slurry, the uniform slurry is poured into a mold without hydroscopicity, the alkaline silica
sol is gelation-cured under the action of the coagulation accelerator, the blank is subjected to mold release and
drying, then the blank is immersed with a certain amount of a C source-containing solution, and after
solvent volatilization, the blank is subjected to reactive
sintering at a high temperature in an
argon protective
atmosphere to produce the
porous silicon carbide ceramic. The method has simple processes, low equipment requirements, uniform aperture distribution, controllable
porosity and less
pollution and can be used for industrial production of the
porous silicon carbide ceramic with high
porosity.