A preparation method of an 
yttrium vanadate transparent 
ceramic comprises the following steps: dissolving 
yttrium nitrate hexahydrate in deionized water at first, magnetically stirring to obtain an 
yttrium nitrate aqueous solution, then adding a proper amount of 
citric acid and 
ammonium metavanadate, and magnetically stirring to obtain a 
mixed solution; placing the 
mixed solution in an oven and evaporating to remove water so as to obtain a brown 
solid product, breaking the product and then annealing the product in a 
muffle furnace, and washing and 
drying the product with dilute 
nitric acid anddeionized water to obtain yttrium 
vanadate nano 
powder; and finally carrying out 
dry pressing forming on the obtained yttrium 
vanadate nano 
powder, and 
sintering in a pressure-free manner in an 
air atmosphere to obtain the yttrium vanadate transparent 
ceramic. The yttrium vanadate 
ceramic prepared by the invention is high in compactness and good in light transparency, and moreover, the method hasthe advantages of low 
sintering temperature, simple preparation process, short production period, low cost and the like, and is suitable for industrialized production of a yttrium vanadate transparent ceramic material.