The invention belongs to the technical field of non-
ferrous smelting, and particularly relates to a method for leaching
copper from silver separation furnace
slag and application. The method for leaching the
copper from the silver separation
slag comprises the following steps: (1) mixing and slurrying the silver separation
slag and water, then adding concentrated
sulfuric acid to carry out a leaching reaction, controlling the final pH value to be 1-4.5, and introducing
hydrogen peroxide during the leaching reaction to obtain a leaching solution and leaching slag; (2) mixing the leached residues with concentrated
sulfuric acid, curing, leaching, and filtering to obtain cured liquid and cured residues; the cured liquid is subjected to countercurrent circulation back to the step (1) to replace water and concentrated
sulfuric acid. Most of
copper is leached from the silver separation furnace slag through first-stage concentrated sulfuric
acid oxidation leaching, so that the copper is separated from metals such as lead,
bismuth,
antimony and silver; and meanwhile, a second-stage curing reaction is introduced, the structure in the leaching slag is destroyed by concentrated sulfuric acid, copper and oxides thereof in a complex structure are released, the copper content in the cured slag is smaller than 0.1%, the
copper leaching rate reaches 99% or above, and deep
recovery of copper in the silver separation slag is achieved.