The invention discloses a method for step-by-step acidification
lithium extraction and multi-element comprehensive
recovery of
lepidolite ore to solve the problems that the
leaching rate of a large number of
impurity elements in the acidification stage is high, and the difficulty and cost of subsequent
lithium purification are increased. Comprising the following steps: (1)
roasting lepidolite ore at 700-900 DEG C for defluorination to obtain defluorinated
lepidolite ore; (2) the defluorinated lepidolite ore is subjected to primary acidification leaching, primary acidification leaching liquid and water leaching residues are obtained through the primary acidification leaching, and the primary acidification leaching enables the
leaching rate of the
lithium element to be larger than or equal to 90%, the
leaching rate of the
sodium element to be 50%-70%, the leaching rate of the
potassium element to be 10%-30% and the leaching rate of the
aluminum element to be 15%-30%; and (3) separating the primary acidification leaching solution from the water leaching residues, and carrying out subsequent treatment on the separated lithium-containing leaching solution to prepare a battery-grade
lithium carbonate product, the primary acidification leaching comprises the steps that defluorinated lepidolite ore and concentrated
sulfuric acid are mixed for acidification, the
mass ratio of the concentrated
sulfuric acid to the defluorinated lepidolite ore is (0.4-0.6): 1, and size mixing leaching is conducted after acidification.