The invention discloses a method for electrolytically extracting
rare earth through
liquid cathode molten salt and preparing lead
rare earth alloy, and belongs to the technical field of
nuclear fuel reprocessing. According to the technical scheme,
lithium chloride,
potassium chloride, and
rare earth chloride are put into an
alumina crucible, a mixture is subjected to temperature rise and is meltedto
molten salt, a small
crucible containing a lead
ingot is put into the
alumina crucible, and heat preservation is carried out; a
cathode, a
reference electrode and an
auxiliary electrode are inserted into the
molten salt to be connected with an electrochemical
workstation; electrochemical
workstation cyclic voltamogram and timing potential are used for measuring rare-earth reduction peak potential and
alloy forming current; according to the reduction peak potential of the rare earth on the liquid-state
lead electrode and the forming current of the lead rare earth
alloy, constant potential
electrolysis and
constant current electrolysis are carried out for extracting the rare earth; the small crucible is cooled under the
argon protection, an electrolysate is taken out, ethyl
alcohol and deionized water are used for flushing, low-temperature
drying is carried out, and the lead rare earth alloy is obtained. Compared with a method for extruding the rare earth through a
solid electrode and obtaining the lead rare earth alloy, the method is short in flow process, and high in extraction rate, and the rare earth extraction rate is up to 97.2%.