The invention relates to ultrapure alpha-
alumina powder and a preparation method thereof.The preparation method comprises the steps that aluminum scraps, an
anhydrous aluminum
chloride catalyst and isopropanol are subjected to a
reflux reaction at the temperature of 60-80 DEG C, and aluminum isopropoxide is obtained; adding mixed
alcohol of n-caprylic
alcohol and isopropanol into the aluminum isopropoxide, continuing the
reflux reaction, and then filtering the mixture obtained by the
reflux reaction while the mixture is hot to obtain liquid composite aluminum
alkoxide; carrying out atmospheric
distillation on the composite aluminum
alkoxide at 80-100 DEG C to remove free
alcohol in the composite aluminum
alkoxide to obtain dealcoholized composite aluminum alkoxide; adding high-purity water at 80 DEG C or above into the dealcoholized composite aluminum alkoxide, and carrying out two-step
hydrolysis to obtain hydrolyzed
slurry; carrying out reduced pressure
distillation on the hydrolyzed
slurry to recover alcohol in the hydrolyzed
slurry so as to obtain dealcoholized hydrolyzed slurry; ,...,.... According to the method, an alcohol-aluminum alkoxide-aluminum
oxide path is adopted, acid
pickling for
iron removal is avoided, and the ultra-pure alpha-aluminum
oxide powder with the
Fe content smaller than or equal to 0.5 ppm and the adjustable particle size is obtained.