The invention discloses a method for recovering
nickel in a chemical
nickel-plating
ageing liquid, and the method comprises the following steps: (1) adding 1100-1300 parts by weight of the chemical
nickel-plating
ageing liquid into an
electrolytic cell, and regulating the pH value of the
ageing liquid to 8-10 by use of
solid sodium hydroxide; (2) dissolving 0.01-0.03 part by weight of
polyethylene glycol, 0.01-0.02 part by weight of 2-mercapto
benzimidazole, 0.03-0.06 part by weight of
thiourea, 0.005-0.03 part by weight of hide glue and 0.3-0.5 part by weight of
sodium hypophosphite into 40-70 parts by weight of water, adding the mixture into the
electrolytic cell, and adding 1-3 parts by weight of 5mol / L
hydrochloric acid solution; (3) at normal temperature, on the basis of taking a stainless steel plate as a
cathode and a reticular plate plated with
iridium oxide titanium alloy as an
anode, reacting for 8-10 hours at constant reaction current of 0.6-1.0A, thus obtaining a recoveredmetal nickel on the
cathode. The method has the advantages of high
recovery rate, simple equipment, low cost and the like, works at normal temperature and is easy to realize.