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Method for recovering and recycling valuable elements from low-content rare earth solution and precipitation sludge

A technology of rare earth solution and valuable elements, which is applied in the fields of environmental protection and hydrometallurgy, and can solve problems such as pollution

Active Publication Date: 2017-02-01
NANCHANG UNIV
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[0009] The purpose of the present invention is to address the above problems, to provide a method for recovering and recycling valuable elements from low-content rare earth solutions and precipitation residues, on the one hand, it considers the effective enrichment of rare radioactive elements uranium and thorium, in order to solve the problem of radioactive On the other hand, it focuses on the separation and recycling of base metals, the most important of which is the extraction, separation and recycling of rare earth associated element aluminum

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Embodiment 1

[0022] Example 1 Acid Leaching and Extraction Separation of Ion Adsorption Type Rare Earth Mine Pretreatment Slag

[0023] The acid-dissolved leachate (pH3.8) of the pretreated slag was taken from the production workshop of the Longnan Zudong mining area. The result of XRF measurement is: U34.7mg / L; Th 2.5mg / L, Y 1078mg / L; ICP measurement result: (La0.56, Ce 0.23, Pr 0.33, Nd 1.72, Sm 1.53, Eu0.01, Gd 2.51 , Tb 0.47, Dy 3.27, Ho 0.7, Er2.3, Tm 0.42) mg / L×50=1989.5 mg / L.

[0024] Use protonated N235 organic phase (N235: isooctyl alcohol: kerosene = 2:1:7) to extract the above acid leaching solution at a ratio of O / A = 1 / 1, raffinate aqueous phase XRF Y1056mg / L, Th 2.26mg / L , U0.9mg / L; it proves that the extractant has poor extraction ability to rare earth and thorium under this condition, and the concentration of rare earth and thorium in the aqueous phase has basically no change. However, the extraction ability of uranium is good, and the extraction rate reaches 90%, but it ...

Embodiment 2

[0027] Example 2 Take the pretreated slag from the production workshop of Zudong Mining Area in Longnan, and the slag after acid-solution leaching (pH3.8) continues to be leached with sulfuric acid until the equilibrium pH is 2.25. The result of the filtered filtrate measured by XRF is: U 29; Th 3.32, Y 473; extracted with N235 at a ratio of 1:1, the XRF measurement results of the raffinate aqueous phase are: Y476, Th 2.1, U0; it proves that increasing the acidity of the leaching solution is beneficial to the extraction of uranium by N235, but the extraction of thorium is still incomplete. The raffinate was extracted once with N1923 at a ratio of 1:1. The XRF measurement results of the raffinate were: Y 15.7 / 16.3; U0, Th0; it proved that N1923 could still extract uranium and thorium completely under higher acidity.

[0028] The organic phase extracted by N235 was back-extracted with 0.5M sodium carbonate solution at a ratio of 1:1. The XRF measurement results of the back-extra...

Embodiment 3

[0030] Lime neutralization of low-concentration rare earth solution to prepare sediment, followed by acid leaching and extraction, enrichment and separation

[0031] In the Longnan Zudong mining area, lime water and low-concentration rare earth solution were mixed and precipitated until the pH of the solution was about 8. The suspension is settled to obtain a lime neutralized precipitation residue of a low-concentration rare earth solution. After dissolving with sulfuric acid, use N1923 for single-stage extraction, and use ammonium chloride for 1-2 times of back extraction. The analysis results of the acid leach liquor and the raffinate aqueous phase as well as the strip liquor for the primary and secondary stripping of the extracted organic phase are listed in Table 1. The rare earth extraction rate of a single extraction reaches 99%, while aluminum is basically not extracted. The rare earth concentration of the stripping liquid has more than doubled, which is more than 200...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for recovering and recycling valuable elements from a low-content rare earth solution and a precipitation sludge. The method is characterized by enriching and recovering rare earth, aluminum, uranium, thorium and other metallic elements from the low-content rare earth solution and the precipitation sludge, and applying the recovered aluminum sulfate solution in leaching ion-absorbed-type rear earth. The method comprises the following steps of precipitating and enriching the rear earth in the solution for preparing the precipitation sludge; leaching sulfuric acid of the low-content rare earth precipitation sludge; extracting and separating the rare earth, the aluminum, the thorium, the uranium and other elements in a leaching liquid; treating a raffinate for preparing an inorganic salt mineral leaching agent solution which can be used for mineral leaching of the ion-absorbed-type rear earth and takes aluminum sulfate as the main material; reverse extracting the uranium from an extraction organic phase; and reverse extracting the rare earth, the thorium and other elements from the extraction organic phase. According to the method, a mixed rare earth compound with lower non-rare earth impurity content can be prepared, main impurities such as aluminum can also be recycled, radioactive elements such as the uranium and the thorium are enriched and recovered, and the method has remarkable comprehensive utilization and environment protection effects.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for recovering valuable elements such as rare earth from solutions and waste residues containing low-concentration rare earth, aluminum, uranium, thorium and other metal elements, and converting the aluminum in it into an aluminum sulfate solution that can be used for ion-adsorption type rare earth leaching The specific method of recycling belongs to the category of environmental protection and hydrometallurgy technology. [0002] technical background [0003] Rare earth elements are strategic substances widely used in the fields of modern industry and national defense cutting-edge technology, and are very valuable resources. With the acceleration of mining of high-grade rare earth resources, more and more low-grade rare earth natural resources and secondary rare earth resources have attracted people's attention. Low-grade rare earth resources in nature are widely distributed, with many types and complex compositions. ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C22B59/00C22B3/28C22B7/04C22B60/02C22B3/08C22B21/00
CPCC22B7/007C22B7/04C22B21/0015C22B21/0023C22B59/00C22B60/0234C22B60/026C22B60/0291C22B3/282Y02P10/20
Inventor 李永绣李翠翠杨丽芬许秋华张丽王悦周新木周雪珍刘艳珠李静
Owner NANCHANG UNIV