The application provides a preparation method of high-purity
sponge zirconium and relates to the field of
sponge zirconium preparation. The preparation method comprises the following steps:
zircon sand is mixed with
coke,
petroleum coke, needle
coke and
pitch coke respectively, and then is loaded into a chlorination furnace in a layered manner from bottom to top; high-temperature
chlorine gas is introduced into the bottom of the chlorination furnace to perform a chlorination reaction, so that first crude
zirconium tetrachloride gas is obtained; a reduced
nickel-based catalyst is added into each loading layer of the chlorination furnace; first cooling is performed to obtain crude zirconium
tetrachloride solid, first heating is performed to obtain second crude zirconium
tetrachloride gas, purification is performed to obtain refined zirconium tetrachloride gas, and second cooling is performed to obtain refined zirconium tetrachloride
solid; second heating is performed on the refined zirconium tetrachloride
solid to obtain high-purity zirconium tetrachloride gas; the high-purity zirconium tetrachloride gas is introduced into a reduction furnace containing molten
magnesium metal to perform a reduction reaction, so that a mixed product is obtained; and the mixed product is subjected to reduced-pressure
distillation to obtain the high-purity
sponge zirconium. The preparation method provided in the application has high purity of the obtained sponge zirconium.