The invention belongs to the technical field of
nickel and
cobalt wet refining, and particularly discloses a method for separating and recycling
scandium from
impurity P204
organic matter extracted from a
scandium-containing
nickel and
cobalt material, the P204
organic matter after iron washing is mixed with a
sodium hydroxide solution with the concentration of 1-1.2 mol / L and the
phase ratio O / A of 1: (1-1.2), P204
saponification is completed in the mixing process, meanwhile, trace
scandium loaded in the P204
organic matter can be reversely extracted, and the scandium content in the P204 organic matter can be recycled. Partial scandium in the
saponification strip liquor is hydrolyzed into precipitates, and partial scandium is dissolved in the precipitates; after
saponification, organic acidification is conducted till the saponification rate is 65% and then returns to an original production
system, saponification strip liquor is heated to 95 DEG C,
acetic acid is added for scandium
precipitation, the addition amount of
acetic acid is 1.0-1.2 times of the theoretical scandium
precipitation amount, obtained
precipitation residues are scandium acetate residues,
sodium hydroxide is supplemented into the liquid obtained after precipitation, and then saponification circulation is conducted; the method is characterized in that a saponification mode of an original process is changed, saponification strip liquor is separated, scandium is precipitated, a scandium precipitation
reagent has no influence on an original production
system,
sodium hydroxide is supplemented into liquor after scandium precipitation, then the liquor returns to the
system for reuse, no three wastes are generated in the scandium
recovery process, and the method is a clean scandium
recovery process method.