The invention discloses a chlorination purification method for separating and recovering
chromium,
nickel and
manganese impurities in a
zirconium material, and relates to the technical field of
nuclear fuel circulation and materials.The method comprises the following steps that S1, the
impurity-containing
zirconium material and a carbon-containing
reducing agent are evenly mixed in proportion, the mixed material is placed in a reaction device,
chlorine is introduced at the set temperature for a chlorination reaction, and a
reaction product is obtained; a coarse ZrCl4 gaseous mixture is generated; s2, conveying a coarse ZrCl4 gaseous mixture generated by reaction into a
gas phase conveying pipeline of a precondenser for precooling, so that main
impurity chloride is preferentially condensed and separated out; and S3, introducing the pre-cooled gas-phase product into a main condenser for fractional condensation, thereby realizing efficient and stable removal of impurities and directional
recovery of high-purity ZrCl4. According to the method provided by the invention, separation is realized by utilizing the obvious difference of volatilization temperatures of ZrCl4 and
impurity chlorides such as Cr, Ni and Mn, the method can be directly embedded into an existing
sponge zirconium chlorination
production line, directional removal of impurity elements is realized, and the zirconium
recovery rate is not lower than 90%.