This invention provides a method for removing impurities and recovering
nickel anolyte from electrolytic
nickel. The method includes the following steps: (1) mixing the electrolytic
nickel anolyte with liquid alkali, separating the
solid and liquid components to obtain nickel
hydroxide and filtrate, evaporating the filtrate to obtain
sodium sulfate; mixing the electrolytic nickel anolyte with a nickel source to obtain a
mixed solution; (2) mixing the
mixed solution with
barium salt for lead removal; (3) adjusting the pH of the material obtained after lead removal with nickel
hydroxide to obtain an
arsenic removal solution, mixing the
arsenic removal solution with
polyferric sulfate for
arsenic removal; (4) mixing the material obtained after arsenic removal with an oxidant to obtain an
iron removal solution, performing
solid-liquid separation on the
iron removal solution to obtain lead-, arsenic-, and iron-removed
cathode liquid and iron-containing
slag, adding
sodium sulfate to the lead-, arsenic-, and iron-removed
cathode liquid, and reusing it in the electrolytic nickel process. The method of this invention can efficiently and quickly remove lead, arsenic, and iron from electrolytic nickel anolyte and reuse it.