The invention discloses a method for preparing
manganese sulfate from
sulfur-free low-grade
rhodochrosite. The method comprises the following steps: by taking low-grade
rhodochrosite as a
raw material,
grinding and pretreating the low-grade
rhodochrosite, mixing the low-grade rhodochrosite with water, adding
acetic acid, fully stirring, heating and leaching, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation after the reaction is finished, so as to obtain a liquid-phase
manganese acetate mother solution and
solid-phase
sulfur-free
manganese slag;
sulfuric acid is added into the
manganese acetate mother liquor, heating and reduced pressure
distillation are conducted,
acetic acid is vaporized and then condensed and recycled for ore leaching, and manganese
sulfate is crystallized and separated out in the heating process to serve as a product.
Sulfuric acid is not in direct contact with manganese ore, the manganese
slag does not contain
sulfur,
resource utilization is facilitated, and the treatment cost of the manganese
slag can be remarkably reduced; and residual acid in the slag can be neutralized by
lime water to stably exist, so that the risk of secondary
pollution is avoided. The concentration of the
acetic acid is not high, cyclic utilization is achieved in the method, the production cost is reduced through recycling of the acetic acid, the
resource utilization rate is further increased, and the method is particularly suitable for the manganese extraction process of low-grade rhodochrosite.