A process for the production of
iron phosphate, comprising the following steps: (1) Mixing an
iron phosphide waste, an acidic liquid, an
oxidizing agent and an adsorbent with stirring, heating to leaching and subjecting the resulting mixture to
solid-liquid separation to obtain a first filtrate and a first filter residue; (2) Adding an alkaline liquid to the first filtrate to adjust the pH of the first filtrate, maintaining a temperature of the resulting mixture, and subjecting the resulting mixture to
solid-liquid separation to obtain a second filter residue and a second filtrate; and subjecting the second filter residue to heat treatment to obtain
iron oxide; (3) Subjecting the
iron oxide to high-energy ball milling and adding a surfactant for activation to obtain a
slurry; (4) Adding an extraction agent and an acidic liquid to the second filtrate obtained in step (2), carrying out an extraction and separation on a resulting mixture and subjecting a resulting organic phase to back-extraction to obtain
phosphoric acid; and (5) Mixing the
slurry obtained in step (3) with the
phosphoric acid, heating to enable a reaction, subjecting the resulting mixture to
solid-liquid separation to obtain a solid, and washing and
sintering the solid to obtain the
iron phosphate; where in step (1) the
iron phosphide waste comprises a mixture of FeP and Fe2P; in step (1) the acidic liquid contains at least two from the following group:
nitric acid,
sulfuric acid and
hydrochloric acid; In step (1) the
oxidizing agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of
hydrogen peroxide,
oxygen,
nitric acid and
sodium persulfate; wherein in step (2) the alkaline liquid is at least one selected from the group consisting of a NaOH solution, a KOH solution,
ammonia water, a
urea solution, NH4Cl, NH4HCO3, Na2CO3 and NaHCO3; In step (2) the pH of the first filtrate is adjusted to 2.5 to 5; and In step (5) the
molar ratio of Fe in the
slurry to P in the
phosphoric acid is 1:1–2; heating to enable a reaction is carried out at a temperature of 50 °C to 80 °C for 20 to 60 min; and the
iron phosphate has a D 50 from 2 µm to 6 µm, a tapped density of 0.80 g / cm³ 3 up to 1.30 g / cm³ 3 , and a specific surface area of 4 m² 2 / g up to 8 m 2 / g indicates.