The invention discloses a method for extracting
scandium from a byproduct FeSO4 # imgabs0 # H2O in a
sulfuric acid process
titanium dioxide waste
acid concentration process, and belongs to the field of valuable
resource recovery. The method comprises the following steps: mixing and dissolving FeSO4 # imgabs1 # H2O and water, filtering to obtain a
ferrous sulfate solution, freezing, crystallizing and filtering to obtain a
scandium-containing solution, and circulating for multiple times to increase the
scandium concentration; then
ferric iron in the solution is reduced, the pH is adjusted with
barium hydroxide, scandium is precipitated, and a mixed
solid of
barium sulfate and scandium
hydroxide is separated out; the method comprises the following steps: dissolving scandium
hydroxide with acid, filtering and washing, precipitating scandium with
oxalic acid or
sodium oxalate, and finally
roasting scandium
oxalate at high temperature to prepare
scandium oxide with Sc2O3 greater than or equal to 99.99% and Sc2O3 / REO greater than or equal to 99.9999%. The method has the advantages of being convenient to operate, simple in technological process, low in production cost and good in
environmental protection benefit, industrialization is easy, the scandium element in the
sulfuric acid process
titanium dioxide waste
acid concentration byproduct can be efficiently recycled, and efficient utilization of resources is achieved.