The invention provides a method for leaching
vanadium in ferrovanadium
spinel vanadium-containing minerals through complexing of hydrothermal
oxalic acid, and belongs to the field of leaching of
vanadium in ferrovanadium
spinel vanadium-containing minerals through a hydrothermal method. According to the method, the ferrovanadium
spinel vanadium-containing minerals are used as raw materials, ferrumpowder is used as a
reducing agent, an
oxalic acid solution is used as a leaching agent, and the ferrovanadium spinel vanadium-containing minerals, the ferrum
powder and the
oxalic acid are mixed into
slurry to react under a hydrothermal condition; and
solid-liquid separation is conducted on the
slurry obtained after the reaction, so that clean vanadium-containing
leachate and a
ferrous oxalate by-product are obtained. According to the method,
oxalate ions with a the strong complexing effect react with vanadium and ferrum in ferrovanadium spinel to form [V(C2O4)3]<3-> and [Fe(C2O3]<3-> to enter the solution; and the formed [Fe(C2O3]<3-> reacts with the Fe
powder to form
ferrous oxalate sediment, so that proceeding of the reaction is facilitated, and the leaching
reaction rate is increased. By adoption of the method, vanadium in the ferrovanadium spinel vanadium-containing minerals can be effectively extracted, vanadium and ferrum are separated in the leaching process, the process steps are simplified, and the by-product, namely the
ferrous oxalate, with high added value is obtained.