The invention discloses a method for leaching
zinc,
indium,
gallium and
germanium from neutralized
gypsum residues, and belongs to the technical field of
metallurgy and
chemical engineering. Comprising the following steps that neutralized
gypsum residues and
sulfuric acid are mixed and subjected to size mixing, the mixture is added into a reaction kettle,
sulfur dioxide is introduced for reduction leaching, and reduction leaching residues and leaching liquid containing
zinc,
indium,
gallium and
germanium are obtained. Then the reduction leaching residues and a
sulfuric acid solution are mixed and subjected to size mixing, the mixture is added into a reaction kettle,
oxygen is introduced for oxidation
crystallization, a stirring reaction is conducted, and an oxidation
crystallization product and
crystallization filtrate are obtained; and carrying out multi-stage countercurrent washing on the oxidized and crystallized product to obtain the byproduct
gypsum. According to the method, valuable components such as
zinc,
indium,
gallium and
germanium in the neutralized gypsum residues are deeply leached in a reduction leaching and oxidation crystallization mode, meanwhile, residual
calcium sulfite in the leaching residues is oxidized and crystallized into dihydrate gypsum, leaching of valuable
metal is achieved, the quality of the byproduct gypsum is improved, and the method has the advantages of being short in technological process, high in multi-
metal leaching rate, low in cost and the like. The grade of gypsum is high.