The invention discloses a separation and enrichment method for
lithium isotopes. The method comprises the steps that S1, an extracted organic phase is prepared, wherein a
crown ether derivative represented as the formula A or the formula B is taken as an extraction agent, and the extraction agent, hydrophobic
ionic liquid and a
diluent are mixed to obtain the extracted organic phase; S2, an extracted water phase is prepared, wherein water-soluble
lithium salt is prepared into a
lithium salt solution, and the lithium
salt solution is taken as the extracted water phase; S3, after the extracted organic phase and the extracted water phase are fully mixed and extracted,
phase splitting is conducted, and a load organic phase and extraction
raffinate are obtained; S4, the load organic phase is burned for 30-200 min at the temperature of 400-1,000 DEG C, and a
slag phase is obtained; S5, the
slag phase is dissolved with water,
solid-liquid separation is conducted, and 6Li enrichment liquid isobtained; S6, the 6Li enrichment liquid is taken as the extracted water phase, and the steps of S3-S5 are repeated. The invention provides a brand new technology method without adopting the reverse extraction operation based on a
crown ether extraction
system. The technology method is a quick cross flow superposing multi-level
cascade separation method capable of enriching the methods of conducting separation and enrichment treatment on lithium isotopes.