The invention discloses a purification method of high-purity
tellurium, and belongs to the technical field of non-
ferrous metallurgy. The method sequentially comprises the steps of
raw material ultrasonic mechanical activation, ultrasonic selective recrystallization,
smelting reduction refining, vacuum rectification purification and
tellurium ingot forming, and volatile impurities such as
selenium and
sulfur are effectively removed by oxidizing
calcination of a crude
tellurium raw material; then, primary separation of impurities is realized in a manner of combining alkaline
dissolution and oxidation
precipitation, and then repeated purification is performed through low-temperature
crystallization, so that the purity of tellurium is remarkably improved;
metal impurities are further removed through
smelting reduction treatment under the
inert atmosphere, and preliminarily purified tellurium ingots are formed; step
distillation separation is carried out by utilizing
vapor pressure difference between tellurium and impurities under a high vacuum condition, and a pure tellurium component is enriched; and finally, melting in an
inert atmosphere, cooling and forming to obtain the high-purity tellurium
ingot. The method is stable in technological process, suitable for industrial application and capable of meeting the requirements of high-end fields such as semiconductors and photoelectric materials for high-purity tellurium materials.