The invention discloses a method for preparing synthetic
quartz sand by a
sol-
gel method, which comprises the following steps: mixing
silicon alkoxide and an
alcohol solvent, and stirring to form a homogeneous solution marked as L1; mixing an acidic catalyst, an
alcohol solvent and
ultrapure water to form a
mixed solution, and recording the
mixed solution as L2; dropwise adding the L1 solution into the L2 solution, and continuously stirring and hydrolyzing to obtain
sol; dropwise adding
ammonia water into the
sol until the pH value is 5-10, and standing in a
vacuum drying oven to obtain wet gel; and
drying and
sintering the wet gel to obtain the high-purity synthetic
quartz sand. The gelation time is accurately controlled through acid-base two-step
catalysis, the production period is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved; meanwhile, the size and uniformity of
silicon dioxide particles are controlled by controlling the dripping speed of a
silicon source, so that the
sintering temperature of the synthesized
quartz sand is greatly reduced, and the
solvent is recycled through
distillation when wet gel is dried, so that the production cost is reduced, and the
pollution to the environment is reduced.