The invention relates to a method for strengthening extraction separation of
scandium and iron in an acid solution, and belongs to the technical field of
hydrometallurgy. According to the method, after a proper amount of
fluorine ions are added into the acid solution containing
scandium and iron, under the synergistic effect of pH of the
system, the species existence form of the iron ions in the solution is changed, the binding reaction of the iron ions and the extraction agent is reduced, the iron ions are retained in a water phase in the extraction process, and the
scandium ions in the solution do not react with the
fluorine ions, so that the content of the scandium ions in the solution is reduced. The extraction efficiency is not influenced by the addition of
fluorine ions. By adopting the optimized process and the process parameters, the distribution ratio of iron ions in an organic phase can be remarkably reduced, so that the selective
separation coefficient of scandium and iron in the extraction process is greatly improved. According to the method, a traditional scandium extraction technological process does not need to be changed, the scandium and iron separation effect is better, the adaptability to extraction and separation of scandium and other common
impurity metal ions (
titanium, aluminum and the like) is high, and industrial application is facilitated.