The invention discloses a method and a device for preparing Li-B
alloy by vacuum
smelting, pertaining to the
metallurgy technology field. The device is a vacuum
smelting furnace, a temperature-control
thermocouple is arranged at the outer side of a
crucible, a stirring
paddle is arranged at the central position of the
smelting furnace, a temperature
thermocouple is arranged at the bottom end of the stirring
paddle, an incident light port and an observation port are arranged on the upper surface of the furnace cover, a vacuum-pumping and
argon channel is arranged at the upper end of the side of the furnace body, and an air-cooling device is arranged at the corresponding position of the
argon channel. Li and B
powder are put into the iron
crucible, protected in high vacuum
atmosphere, heated to 400 DEG C and then kept for 10min to 2h, the B
powder is introduced with Ar gas to carry out protection when being fully dissolved in the melting of the Li; temperature rise is continued and stirring is reinforced, melt is solidified at the temperature of 530 DEG C, and after the
alloy is fully solidified, the temperature rises to 650 DEG C, and the
alloy is cooled with the furnace and treated with air-cooling after the temperature of 400 DEG C. The method and the device of the invention have compact and reasonable structure, simple technology, safe use, convenient operation and high-efficient production, thus having generalization and application value.