A high-performance low-expansion
crucible and a preparing method thereof are disclosed. The
crucible is formed by a
crucible base material and a crucible
coating material. The crucible base material comprises, by
mass, 40-60% of
petalite, 5-15% of
spodumene, 5-15% of Suzhou kaolin, 1-3% of purple mujie clay, 1-5% of black
talc, 10-25% of Guizhou soil, 0-3% of white
carbon black and 5-10% of zirconia micro
powder. The crucible
coating material comprises 0-15% of
petalite, 85-100% of functional material micro
powder, 0.1-0.5% of an additive dispersant and 0.1-0.5% of an
adhesive. A finished product of the crucible is prepared by mixing materials, ball milling, sieving, filter pressing to remove water, vacuum pugging, forming,
drying to obtain a crucible blank, spraying the inner surface of the crucible blank with the crucible
coating material and finally firing. The crucible is low in production cost and good in forming performance, effectively improves
thermal shock resistance and
mechanical strength of a product and effectively prolongs the service lifetime, thus facilitating technical progress and application development of the crucible industry.