The invention discloses a process for reducing
rare earth loss in value adjustment of
phosphorus-containing
rare earth feed liquid by using an iron
phosphorus removal and segmented value adjustment method, and belongs to the field of
rare earth hydrometallurgy. The process comprises the following steps: preparing iron, heating, adding carbon for material
settling, controlling REO concentration, performing primary value adjustment, performing
solid-liquid separation, performing secondary value adjustment and performing
solid-liquid separation again. The method comprises the following steps: adding an iron material of which the stoichiometric ratio is 1-2 times that of a
phosphorus-containing rare earth feed liquid into the phosphorus-containing rare earth feed liquid, raising the temperature to 50 DEG C or above, adding a carbon
precipitation material to regulate the acidity to 0.1-0.6 mol / L, controlling REO to be less than or equal to 200g / L, regulating the pH to 0.5-2, carrying out primary phosphorus removal, separating to obtain
iron phosphate slag with low rare earth content, and regulating the pH of
clear liquid to 4-5 to further remove impurities; according to the method, the rare earth content in the value-adjusted
slag is remarkably reduced, the
dry basis CeO content of the primary value-adjusted
slag can be as low as 1.61%, the rare earth yield is increased, the occupied area of a slag warehouse is reduced, recycling of phosphorus resources is achieved, and the production cost is reduced.