The invention belongs to the technical field of
scandium separation and purification, and particularly relates to a method for separating and purifying
scandium from crude
nickel cobalt hydroxide, which comprises the following steps: using 0.1-0.5 mol / L dilute sulphuric acid to leach crude
nickel cobalt hydroxide, filtering to obtain
scandium-containing
leachate, the ratio of dilute sulphuric acid to crude
nickel cobalt hydroxide is (3-5) mL: 1g, and the
molar ratio of sulphuric acid to scandium is (3-5): 1; carrying out scandium extraction treatment on the scandium-containing
leachate by using an extraction agent comprising Cyanex572 and Aliquat 336 to obtain a scandium-containing organic phase; carrying out reverse extraction on the scandium-containing organic phase by using an
oxalic acid solution to obtain scandium
oxalate precipitate; and calcining the scandium
oxalate precipitate to obtain
scandium oxide. According to the technical scheme, the
selective leaching process is adopted, efficient separation of scandium and main
metal nickel and cobalt is achieved at the front end,
reagent consumption is low, the process is short, and the large cost
advantage is achieved; a novel synergistic extraction technology is adopted, ultrahigh selectivity and extraction capacity on scandium are achieved, the purity of prepared
scandium oxide is larger than or equal to 96%, and the
recovery rate of scandium is larger than or equal to 89%.