A preparation method of an aluminum-oxidized
starch complex tanning agent comprises steps of: first mixing
starch and water, adding concentrated
nitric acid and a catalyst, and stirring for reaction, washing reaction products with
ethanol or
acetone to obtain the oxidized
starch; and evenly mixing the oxidized starch and aluminum ions, oscillating,
steaming out excessive water by a rotary evaporimeter, and
drying the obtained product. The method of the invention can effectively improve the tanning property of the
aluminium tanning agent, maintain original advantages of the aluminum tanning agent and greatly mitigate the phenomenon of detanning. The method of the present invention employs
nitrate as an oxidant to oxidize hydroxyl groups to generate oxidized starch with high degree of carboxylic substitution, and utilizes a principle of acid degradation to reduce the relative molecular
mass of the oxidized starch, so as to obtain aluminum-containing macromolecular tanning agent with good permeability,
high absorption rate and excellent tanning property. The obtained
leather tanning agent has good tanning and filling performances, and is suitable for main tanning and retanning; after the main tanning, a pickled
skin has a shrinkage temperature raised to 90 DEG C, gains pure white leather body and obvious thickness increase; and after retanning, a product has good elasticity, bright color, gloss, and soft and full
handle.