The invention relates to the field of
mineral processing and wet
metallurgy, in particular to a method for cooperatively extracting
potassium and
rubidium from
potassium-containing rock. The method comprises the following steps: crushing and
grinding potassium-containing rock to obtain mineral
powder; mixing the potassium-containing rock with the alkaline additive quick
lime or slaked
lime, addingwater to obtain a mixture, and placing the mixture in a
molten salt furnace to activate the mixture through heat of fused salt; carrying out
solid-liquid separation on the activated mixture to obtainfiltering liquid and filtering residue containing potassium and
rubidium, wherein the filtering residue is used for producing
silicon and
calcium fertilizer; adding
potassium carbonate aqueous solution in the filtering liquid for
carbonization, and filtering to remove impurities to obtain secondary filtering liquid; carrying out evaporative
crystallization on the secondary filtering liquid to obtain potassium and
rubidium crystal substances; and
roasting the potassium and rubidium
crystal substances to contain potassium and rubidium containing enriched product, and carrying out purification and separation to obtain
potassium carbonate and
rubidium carbonate.
Lime is adopted as the alkaline additive, the
solid-liquid separation filtering liquid is alkaline,
calcium ions precipitate to enter
tailings, and the
tailings are used for preparing
silicon and
calcium fertilizer. Compared with adoption of
sodium hydroxide as the alkaline additive, the cost is lower, and the potassium and sodiumseparation process is eliminated in filtering liquid to facilitate purification of potassium and rubidium.