The invention discloses a preparation method of
zirconium oxide. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, after ingredients is added into a
zirconium oxychloride solution, TBP extraction is performed to obtain an aqueous phase
hafnium solution and an organic phase solution; 2, the obtained organic phase solution carried out mixed
acid washing to obtain a
zirconium-containing organic phase and an
acid washing solution; 3, the obtained zirconium-containing organic phase carried out reverse extraction to obtain water phase zirconium liquid and an organic phase; 4, the obtained aqueous phase zirconium liquid carried out
ammonia precipitation, and the precipitate is calcined to obtain
zirconium oxide; and 5, the obtained organic phase carried out alkali liquor treatment,
water washing and
nitric acid saturation treatment to obtain residual acid and an organic phase. The method has the advantages that the extraction capacity is large, the extraction equipment is small, the
separation coefficient is high, the separation effect is good, the efficiency is high, the process is stable, the process is easy to control, the yield is high, and the
recovery rate is high; and a
closed system is adopted for extraction, so that environmental
pollution is avoided. The Si / Zr ratio in the
zirconium oxychloride solution is small, the production process does not produce emulsification,and meanwhile zirconia conforming to the
atomic energy level is obtained.