The invention discloses a method for leaching
zinc and separating
germanium from
zinc-neutralized
germanium-containing
slag containing
zinc silicate, belonging to the industry of comprehensive utilization of secondary
metal resources. The method uses zinc-neutralized
germanium-containing
slag containing zinc
silicate as
raw material, controls the introduction of an appropriate amount of
ferrous carbonate, and adjusts the
molar ratio of
ferrous carbonate to zinc
silicate to 1.0 - 3.0:1; then roasts in an oxidizing
atmosphere to obtain a roasted product with reconstituted ore phase; finally,
ammonia leaching method can be used to selectively leach zinc. The method for recovering zinc by ore
phase reconstruction -
ammonia leaching is adopted in the invention. After the
decomposition of
ferrous carbonate, it reacts with zinc silicate in an oxidizing
atmosphere, and zinc silicate is well converted into zinc
oxide. The
leaching rate of zinc can reach over 92% after two-stage
ammonia leaching, and germanium is enriched in the ammonia leaching residue as
raw material for germanium extraction. The
oxide after the
decomposition of
ferrous carbonate enters the
slag without introducing new impurities, and can increase the
iron content in the slag, which is beneficial to the
resource utilization of iron. The invention is simple and controllable, has a high
leaching rate of zinc and a good separation effect of germanium, and is convenient for large-scale industrial application.