The invention belongs to the technical field of
cobalt hydrometallurgy, and particularly relates to a method for preparing high-purity
cobalt from crude
cobalt hydroxide, which comprises the following steps of: performing size mixing on the crude
cobalt hydroxide, and performing
selective reduction leaching through concentrated
sulfuric acid and
sulfur dioxide to obtain cobalt
leachate and
manganese slag;
sodium bicarbonate is adopted to adjust the pH of the cobalt leaching solution for segmented
precipitation and
filtration, and after impurities are removed, a
nickel-containing
cobalt sulfate solution is obtained; the solution is introduced into
nickel removal resin subjected to qualified
cobalt sulfate pre-saturation treatment for adsorption and
elution separation, cobalt-containing
effluent is combined, and high-purity
cobalt sulfate is obtained; and finally, carrying out electrodeposition by taking the cobalt plate as an
electrolyte solution to obtain the high-purity cobalt plate. According to the method, the processes of
selective reduction leaching,
sodium bicarbonate segmented
precipitation, cobalt pre-saturation, resin adsorption
nickel removal and cobalt electrodeposition are adopted, the method has the advantages of being short in technological process, easy to operate and low in cost, the prepared cobalt plate product is high in purity, and nickel
sulfate is recycled.