The invention provides a method for extracting
tungsten carbide and
cobalt from waste hard
alloy, and belongs to the technical field. The method comprises the following steps: S1, crushing a hard waste
alloy into particles, then loading into an electrolytic small box, placing in an
electrolysis tank, electrolyzing, adding
hydrochloric acid as an
electrolyte solution, starting up a heater, and electrolyzing the
electrolyte solution cyclically continuously under the action of an acid-resistant pump; S2, when the
specific gravity of
cobalt chloride in the
electrolyte solution reaches 1.15-1.24 kg / dm<3>, pumping the electrolyte solution containing
cobalt chloride into a
storage tank, soaking the
alloy particles with clear water, and then
drying the alloy particles; and S3, carrying out
magnetic separation of the dried alloy particles, smashing a cobalt-containing magnetic absorption material into particles with the
diameter of 1-6 mm by an air heavy hammer, then loading into the
electrolysis tank, electrolyzing again, and separating to obtain
tungsten carbide and a
cobalt chloride solution. By improvement of the
electrolysis tank and the
electrolytic process, the cobalt content in thefinished
tungsten carbide product after electrolysis is completed is about 0.07%.