The invention relates to a
tellurium dioxide purification method which comprises the following steps: 1, performing alkaline leaching; 2, neutralizing, 3, washing with water; and 4,
drying, wherein an
impurity removal agent A is added in the alkaline leaching process, and an
impurity removal agent B is added in the neutralizing process of an alkaline leaching filtrate; the
impurity removal agent A added in the alkaline leaching process is
ferrous sulfate heptahydrate, and the impurity removal agent B added in the neutralizing process is EDTA (
ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid) complexing agent; and a small amount of
sodium sulfide is added in the alkaline leaching process to remove lead in the solution to ensure that no free
sulfide ions exist in the solution. A precipitating impurity removal method, a complexing impurity removal method and a washing impurity removal method are organically combined, so that the content of impurity elements (such as
selenium, lead,
bismuth,
copper, arsenium, stibium,
tin, iron and the like) in the
tellurium dioxide product can be directly and effectively lowered, the main components of the
tellurium dioxide product are increased, the content of the main components of the
tellurium dioxide product obtained after the
processing steps is higher than 99.9%, and the whiteness is favorable.