This invention discloses a method for extracting
magnesium and
phosphorus from high-
magnesium phosphorus tailings through vacuum carbothermic reduction, relating to the field of high-
magnesium phosphorus tailings reuse technology. The method involves uniformly mixing phosphorus
tailings, silica,
magnesite, and
coke, pressing them into briquettes, calcining them to remove
crystal water, and coking them to obtain
pellets. The phosphorus tailings are high-magnesium phosphorus tailings with an MgO content of 16%–18%. The
pellets are placed in a
vacuum furnace, maintaining a vacuum of 10–100 Pa, and heated to 1200–1500°C, held for 30–60 minutes. The steam from the reaction is recovered, and the steam is condensed at 400–600°C to obtain crude magnesium. The partially cooled steam is then passed into a cold water tank to recover the precipitate, which is then filtered to obtain
yellow phosphorus. This method effectively reuses high-magnesium phosphorus tailings and further recovers the difficult-to-refine phosphorus, allowing phosphorus and magnesium to be extracted and recovered in the same equipment and process. Simultaneously, it fully utilizes the
calcium and
fluorine as additives, lowering the
reaction temperature and significantly reducing production costs.