The invention provides a method for preparing
calcium sulfate whiskers and silica
sol from low-grade
wollastonite. The method includes steps of carrying out smashing, to be more specific, smashing low-grade
wollastonite fine ore with a
sedimentation value lower than 60 to obtain
wollastonite powder, and measuring the content of CaO in the wollastonite
powder; carrying out
hydrothermal reaction, tobe more specific, adding the wollastonite
powder and water into a reaction kettle, adding
sulfuric acid into the reaction kettle after the stirring rotational speeds are stable, uniformly stirring the wollastonite powder, the water and the
sulfuric acid, adding
potassium sulfate into the reaction kettle, carrying out reaction for 75 min, stopping stirring and carrying out filtering to obtain
calcium sulfate dihydrate
whiskers and
silicic acid solution; preparing the
calcium sulfate
whiskers, and to be more specific,
drying the
calcium sulfate dihydrate whiskers to obtain the
anhydrous calciumsulfate whiskers; preparing the silica
sol, to be more specific, purifying the
silicic acid solution, regulating the pH (potential of
hydrogen) value of the
silicic acid solution and concentrating the
silicic acid solution to allow the solution density to reach 1.12 g / cm<3> so as to obtain the silica
sol. The method has the advantages that the low-grade wollastonite is used as a
raw material, thecalcium sulfate whiskers and the silica sol can be prepared by means of low-temperature
hydrothermal reaction, accordingly, the added value can be greatly increased, application markets can be expanded, and the method is simple and is easy to operate.