The present invention relates to the technical field of chemical
metallurgy, and provides a method for preparing and purifying high-purity
vanadium sponge. The method comprises: preparing a vertical vacuum reduction furnace, adding a
reducing agent thereto, removing air from the furnace and introducing a protective gas thereinto; performing heating, adding
vanadium chloride, then performing
smelting, and after removal, placing same into a
distillation furnace for heating and temperature-holding treatments; and finally, placing a product into a
crucible in an
electron beam furnace, performing evacuation, heating same to perform
smelting, introducing a protective gas into the
electron beam furnace after
smelting, and cooling same to
room temperature, so as to obtain a
vanadium sponge product. In the present invention, high-purity vanadium
sponge is prepared from a
chloride of vanadium by means of a new metallothermic reduction-
distillation method, and is further purified by means of vacuum
electron beam refining. Therefore, the common technical problems of a long process, a low product purity, etc., during the preparation of high-purity vanadium
metal by means of traditional methods are solved.