The invention discloses a method for recovering
germanium from
germanium-containing
smoke dust, which comprises the steps of leaching, desilicication,
germanium extraction and post-treatment, and specifically comprises the following steps: adding a
sulfuric acid solution into the germanium-containing
smoke dust, carrying out agitation leaching at the temperature of 50-90 DEG C, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a first-section leaching solution a and a first-section leaching residue b; adding a
sulfuric acid solution, stirring and leaching at the temperature of 60-80 DEG C, carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a second-stage leaching solution c and second-stage leaching residues d, and adding
gelatin or bovine
gelatin into the first-stage leaching solution a for desilicication to obtain a germanium-containing solution e and a
silicon-containing flocculent precipitate f; extracting the germanium-containing liquid e by adopting 10-30% of 7815, 3-10% of a synergistic extractant A and 60-87% of
kerosene to obtain an organic phase g and a water phase h; the organic phase g is washed with a dilute
sulfuric acid solution and then subjected to reverse extraction with a
sodium hydroxide solution, a reverse extraction solution i and an organic phase j are obtained, a sulfuric acid solution is added into the reverse extraction solution i,
hydrolysis is conducted, and germanium concentrate and
mother liquor are obtained.