WO2016202257A1 - 从含稀土磷矿中回收磷和稀土的方法及含稀土磷酸盐的物质 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of rare earth recovery, and in particular to a method for recovering phosphorus and rare earth from a rare earth-containing phosphate ore and a rare earth phosphate-containing material.
- Rare earth minerals often coexist with minerals such as barite, calcite, apatite, and silicate ore in nature. Due to the different mineralization reasons of minerals, the occurrence and content of rare earth elements in minerals are also different. Among the rare earth minerals currently mined, the grade of rare earth oxides is generally a few percent. In order to meet the needs of rare earth metallurgical production, it is necessary to separate the rare earth from other ores by smelting before smelting, so that the rare earth minerals are enriched. The rare earth concentrate in the rare earth concentrate after enrichment is usually 50% to 70%.
- Rare earth minerals mainly include bastnasite, monazite, xenotime and ion-adsorbed rare earth ore.
- the concentrated sulfuric acid roasting method decomposes the monazite ore, and the monazite concentrate is mixed with concentrated sulfuric acid at 200-230 ° C.
- the concentrated sulfuric acid is 1.7 to 2 times the weight of the concentrate, and the decomposition product is 7 to 10 times after cooling.
- the rare earth has a rare earth of about 50 g/L (REO), 25 g/LP 2 O 5 , 2.5 g/L Fe 2 O 3 , and an acidity of 2.5 mol/L.
- the immersion liquid has high acidity, high impurity phosphorus and high enthalpy, and the rare earth and strontium are precipitated by sodium sulfate double salt, and then converted into hydroxide by alkali, and the rare earth is preferentially leached by acid to extract and separate rare earth and strontium.
- the method is complicated in process, has many liquid-solid separation steps, and the process is discontinuous, and the rare earth recovery rate is low; in addition, the acid-base cross-use, the chemical raw material consumption cost is high, and the phosphorus is difficult to enter the wastewater treatment, and the radioactive element strontium is dispersed in the slag and the waste water. It is difficult to recycle effectively.
- Phosphate rock is the main raw material for the production of phosphorus chemical products.
- the world reserves of phosphate rock resources are large, often accompanied by trace rare earths.
- the method for recovering rare earth in phosphate rock comprises the following processes: (1) a wet-process phosphoric acid process for treating phosphate rock by hydrochloric acid or nitric acid method, more than 95% of rare earth entering solution, and then solvent extraction, ion exchange, precipitation, crystallization, etc.
- the method of recovering rare earth (2) the wet-process phosphoric acid process for treating phosphate rock by sulfuric acid method, the rare earth enters the solution and the phosphogypsum separately, and then the phosphogypsum is leached by sulfuric acid to make the rare earth enter the solution, and the rare earth in the solution can be extracted by solvent and ion exchange. Recovering rare earth by means of precipitation, crystallization, and the like. (3) Phosphoric acid treatment of phosphate rock process.
- the rare earth-containing phosphorus concentrate is mixed with a phosphoric acid solution to carry out a reaction, and the rare earth in the phosphate rock is precipitated in the form of fluoride by controlling the process conditions, and more than 85% of the rare earth enters the slag.
- the hydrochloric acid, nitric acid or sulfuric acid is used to dissolve the rare earth in the recovered slag, but the rare earth grade in the slag is very low, about 1%, the impurities such as phosphorus, calcium, aluminum, silicon, etc.
- the rare earth fluoride is difficult to be dissolved by acid, acid
- the consumption is high, the amount of slag is large, and the rare earth recovery rate is low; in addition, 15% of the rare earth entering the leachate is difficult to be recovered in the gypsum residue during the calcium removal process.
- Phosphate containing monazite rare earth is a kind of more difficult to treat mineral.
- This monazite-containing rare earth phosphate contains many components, including monazite, rare earth and phosphate rock. Since monazite and phosphate rock belong to the same phosphate mineral, the mineralogical properties of the two are relatively close.
- monazite is closely related to the phosphate rock. Recovering rare earth elements and phosphorus in this mixed ore In the case of elements, it is difficult to achieve effective sorting of ore due to the difficulty in inlaying and disintegrating the various materials in the mixed ore.
- monazite since the decomposition of monazite requires relatively harsh conditions and requires high temperature and pH, etc., when the phosphate rock containing monazite is treated by the sulfuric acid method in the prior art, the monazite cannot be completely decomposed. Can achieve its effective separation and utilization.
- the main object of the present invention is to provide a method for recovering phosphorus and rare earth from rare earth-containing phosphate ore to solve the problem of low recovery efficiency of phosphorus and rare earth elements in rare earth phosphate ore in the prior art.
- a method for recovering phosphorus and rare earth from a rare earth-containing phosphate ore comprising the following steps: Step S1, leaching a rare earth phosphate ore with a solution containing phosphoric acid to obtain The leachate and the acid leach residue, the leachate contains rare earth ions, Ca 2+ and H 2 PO 4 - ; and the step S2, the leaching solution is aged to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate and a monocalcium phosphate solution; the reaction temperature of the step S2 is higher than The reaction temperature of the step S1.
- the step S1 comprises: leaching the rare earth phosphate rock with a solution containing phosphoric acid at a temperature of 10 ° C to 60 ° C for 0.5 to 8 hours, preferably 1 to 4 hours, to obtain a leachate and an acid leach residue.
- the step S2 comprises: aging the leachate at a temperature of 60 ° C to 150 ° C, preferably 80 to 120 ° C for 0.5 to 24 hours, preferably 1 to 8 hours, to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate and a monocalcium phosphate solution.
- the method further comprises: recovering the rare earth element in the rare earth phosphate precipitation; and recovering the phosphorus element in the monocalcium phosphate solution.
- the method further comprises: mixing the acid leaching slag with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth mixed slag, and recovering the rare earth element in the rare earth mixed slag; The phosphorus element in the monocalcium phosphate solution is recovered.
- the step of recovering the phosphorus element in the monocalcium phosphate solution comprises: adding concentrated sulfuric acid having a mass concentration of >90% to the monocalcium phosphate solution to obtain a solid-liquid mixture; and solid-liquid separation of the solid-liquid mixture to obtain the first A solution of monophosphate and calcium sulfate.
- the method further comprises: returning the first phosphoric acid solution to step S1, leaching the rare earth phosphate ore; or The phosphoric acid solution is subjected to impurity removal to obtain a second phosphoric acid solution; the second phosphoric acid solution is returned to step S1 to leaching the rare earth phosphate rock.
- the step of recovering the rare earth element in the rare earth mixed slag comprises: step A, adding an iron-containing substance to the rare earth mixed slag; adding concentrated sulfuric acid having a mass concentration of >90% to obtain a mixture; and step B, the mixture
- the calcination is carried out to obtain a calcined product; in step C, the calcined product is leached with water to obtain a rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid and water leaching slag; in step D, the pH of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 3.8 to 5, and a rare earth sulfate solution is obtained by filtration.
- Step E preparing a rare earth compound by using a rare earth sulfate solution as a raw material; wherein, the step E comprises: extracting and separating the rare earth sulfate solution by using an acidic phosphorus extracting agent to obtain a mixed rare earth compound or a single rare earth compound; or The rare earth sulfate solution is added with carbonate or oxalate to precipitate rare earth carbonate to obtain rare earth carbonate or rare earth oxalate; and the rare earth carbonate or rare earth oxalate is calcined to obtain a rare earth oxide.
- the iron-containing material is iron-containing tailings and/or iron-containing waste.
- the mass ratio of the iron element in the iron-containing substance to the phosphorus element in the rare earth mixed slag is 2 to 4:1, preferably 2.5 to 3.5:1.
- the step A includes mixing the concentrated sulfuric acid and the rare earth mixed slag in a ratio of 1 to 2:1 by mass.
- the calcination temperature is 200 to 500 ° C
- the time is 1 to 8 hours, preferably 250 to 400 ° C
- the time is 2 to 4 hours.
- the pH of the rare earth-containing aqueous extract is adjusted to 4 to 4.5 using at least one of magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide and light burnt dolomite.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution further contains hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid.
- the concentration of phosphoric acid in the phosphoric acid-containing solution is 15% to 50%, preferably 15% to 30%, based on P 2 O 5 .
- the proportion of hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid in the phosphoric acid-containing solution is ⁇ 30%, preferably 2-15%, based on the moles of the anion.
- the method further comprises the step of mixing the phosphoric acid-containing solution and the rare earth phosphate rock in a liquid-solid ratio of 2 to 10 L: 1 kg, preferably a liquid-solid ratio of 3 to 6 L: 1 kg.
- a rare earth phosphate-containing material comprising at least a first phase structure and a second phase structure, the first phase structure being an amorphous phase
- the second phase structure comprises a monazite phase or/and a xenotime phase; the rare earth phosphate-containing material is isolated from a phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime, from monazite and/or xenotime.
- the method for separating the rare earth phosphate-containing material from the phosphate rock comprises: step S1, leaching the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime with a solution containing phosphoric acid to obtain a leaching solution and a rare earth acid leaching residue; the leaching solution containing the rare earth ion Calcium ion and dihydrogen phosphate ion; step S2, aging the leaching solution, solid-liquid separation to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate and a monocalcium phosphate solution; and step S3, mixing the rare earth acid leaching residue with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain The substance of the rare earth phosphate; the reaction temperature of the step S2 is higher than the reaction temperature of the step S1.
- the content of the amorphous phase in the rare earth phosphate is more than 1%, preferably 5 to 40% by weight.
- the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure in the rare earth phosphate-containing material is 1:1-20.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing substance further includes an iron-containing and/or aluminum-containing impurity having an iron and/or aluminum content of from 1 to 50% by weight, preferably from 3 to 25% by weight, based on the oxide.
- the weight ratio of the rare earth to iron and/or aluminum is from 2 to 20:1 in terms of the oxide.
- the step S1 comprises: leaching the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime with a solution containing phosphoric acid at a temperature of 10 ° C to 60 ° C for 0.5 to 8 hours, preferably 1 to 4 hours, to obtain a leachate and a rare earth. Acid leaching residue.
- the step S2 comprises: aging the first solution at a temperature of 60 ° C to 150 ° C, preferably 80 to 120 ° C for 0.5 to 24 hours, preferably 1 to 8 hours, and solid-liquid separation to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate and Monocalcium phosphate solution.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution further comprises hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid; preferably, the proportion of hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid in the phosphoric acid-containing solution is less than 30%, more preferably 2 to 15 in terms of the number of moles of the anion. %.
- the concentration of phosphoric acid in the phosphoric acid-containing solution is 15% to 50%, preferably 15% to 30%, based on P 2 O 5 .
- the method further comprises the step of mixing the phosphoric acid-containing solution with the monazite and/or xenotime-containing phosphate rock in a liquid-solid ratio of 2 to 10 L: 1 kg, preferably a liquid-solid ratio of 3 ⁇ 6L: 1kg.
- the rare earth phosphate is leached by using a solution containing phosphoric acid at a relatively low reaction temperature, and the phosphorus in the phosphate rock is dissolved by the hydrogen ion in the phosphoric acid solution to form a monocalcium phosphate solution, and the rare earth element It is also dissolved and enters into a solution to form a leachate containing rare earth ions, Ca 2+ and H 2 PO 4 - ; further aging of the leaching solution facilitates the formation of rare earth elements to form a rare earth phosphate precipitate to achieve separation of rare earth elements and phosphorus elements. .
- the reaction temperature has little effect on the leaching of phosphorus in acid leaching process, while the solubility of rare earth phosphate is relatively large at lower temperature, which is beneficial to the leaching of rare earth elements. At the same time, it can effectively inhibit the impurity elements such as iron and aluminum in phosphate rock. Leaching, so that the leaching rate of iron and aluminum elements ⁇ 5%, greatly reducing the burden of subsequent phosphoric acid purification and removal.
- the rare earth phosphate has a small solubility product at a relatively high temperature, which is advantageous for precipitating the rare earth element in the leaching solution as a rare earth phosphate to further realize the rare earth.
- the rare earth enrichment multiple is up to several tens of times or even hundreds of times.
- the rare earth phosphate in the rare earth phosphate precipitation can reach more than 45%, even more than 55%, and the rare earth yield reaches over 80%, even More than 90%, improve the separation efficiency of rare earth, achieve the purpose of low-cost separation of rare earth, and facilitate the subsequent recycling of rare earth elements.
- the rare earth-containing phosphate ore contains monazite
- the monazite does not dissolve and remains in the slag during the acid leaching process, and the separation of the rare earth element and the phosphorus element is also achieved.
- the rare earth phosphate precipitate can be mixed with the acid-containing leaching residue produced by the acid leaching process to form a rare earth mixed slag, and the rare earth mixed slag has a high rare earth content, which is also convenient for further recycling of the rare earth element.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart showing a process for recovering phosphorus and rare earth from a rare earth-containing phosphate rock according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a process for recovering phosphorus and rare earth from a rare earth-containing phosphate ore when the rare earth-containing phosphate ore further contains monazite according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 3 shows an X-ray diffraction spectrum of a rare earth phosphate-containing material obtained in Example 26 according to the present invention.
- the molecular formula of monazite (English name: Monazite) is (Ln, Th)PO 4 , wherein Ln means at least one of rare earth elements other than cerium.
- the leachate refers to a solution containing rare earth, phosphoric acid, monohydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, or impurities such as iron or aluminum in addition to monocalcium phosphate.
- Leachate grade refers to the ratio of the content of useful elements or their compounds in the ore. The higher the content, the higher the grade.
- rare earth phosphates such as mixed minerals containing a variety of minerals such as apatite and monazite are treated by existing separation methods, and it is difficult to effectively separate rare earth elements and phosphorus elements in such mixed ore.
- a method for recovering phosphorus and rare earth from a rare earth-containing phosphate rock comprising the steps of: step S1, including The phosphoric acid solution leaches the rare earth phosphate rock to obtain a leachate and an acid leach residue, the leach solution contains rare earth ions, Ca 2+ and H 2 PO 4 ⁇ ; and step S2, the leaching solution is aged to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate and phosphoric acid a calcium solution; wherein the reaction temperature of step S2 is higher than the reaction temperature of step S1.
- the above method leaches the rare earth phosphate ore by using a solution containing phosphoric acid at a relatively low reaction temperature, and dissolves the phosphorus in the phosphate rock by using hydrogen ions in the phosphoric acid solution to form a monocalcium phosphate solution, and the rare earth element in the acid leaching process It is dissolved and enters the solution in the form of ions to form a leaching solution; further aging of the leaching solution facilitates the formation of rare earth elements contained in the solution to form a rare earth phosphate precipitate, thereby achieving separation of the rare earth element and the phosphorus element.
- the reaction temperature has little effect on the leaching of phosphorus in acid leaching process, while the relative solubility of rare earth phosphate is relatively high, which is beneficial to the leaching of rare earth.
- low temperature can effectively inhibit the leaching of iron, aluminum and other impurity elements in phosphate rock, making iron
- the leaching rate of elements and aluminum elements is ⁇ 5%, which greatly reduces the burden of subsequent phosphoric acid purification.
- the rare earth phosphate has a small solubility product at a high temperature, which is advantageous for precipitating rare earth elements in the leaching solution in the form of rare earth phosphates, thereby realizing rare earth elements and phosphorus. Further efficient separation of elements.
- the rare earth enrichment multiple is up to several tens of times or even hundreds of times, and the rare earth phosphate in the rare earth phosphate precipitation can reach more than 45%, or even more than 55%; and the rare earth yield reaches 80%. More than %, even more than 90%, greatly improve the separation efficiency of rare earths, achieve the purpose of low-cost separation of rare earths, and facilitate the subsequent recycling of rare earth elements.
- the purpose of leaching with a solution containing phosphoric acid is to dissolve the phosphorus element and the rare earth element in the rare earth phosphate ore, and the impurity elements such as iron and aluminum remain in the slag to form the acid leaching residue. Therefore, any leaching process conditions capable of dissolving phosphorus and rare earth elements as much as possible and retaining impurity elements such as iron and aluminum as much as possible in the acid leaching residue are suitable for the present invention.
- the rare earth phosphate rock is continuously leached with a solution containing phosphoric acid at a temperature of 10 ° C to 60 ° C for 0.5 to 8 hours, preferably 1 to 4 hours, to obtain a leachate and an acid leach residue.
- the acid leaching residue can be selectively returned to the phosphorus recovery process for further leaching to recover residual phosphorus.
- the reaction temperature has little effect on the dissolution of phosphorus in the rare earth phosphate ore, and the solubility of the rare earth phosphate is relatively large at this temperature, which is advantageous.
- Leaching of rare earth, and the above-mentioned low temperature can effectively inhibit the leaching of iron and aluminum and other impurity elements in the rare earth phosphate rock, so that the leaching rate of iron and aluminum elements is less than 5%, which greatly reduces the subsequent impurity removal burden.
- the leaching time is from 2 to 5 hours. Selecting the leaching time in this range not only dissolves the phosphorus element and the rare earth element, but also shortens the leaching period.
- the specific time and temperature of the aging treatment can be adjusted according to the type of the rare earth phosphate ore.
- the leaching solution is aged at a temperature of 60 ° C to 150 ° C, preferably 80 to 120 ° C for 0.5 to 24 hours, preferably 1 to 8 hours, to obtain a rare earth phosphate by solid-liquid separation. Precipitate and second solution.
- the rare earth phosphate has a small solubility product.
- the crystallization gradually grows, and the amorphous precipitate gradually transforms into the crystal form precipitate.
- the rare earth element in the leachate can be precipitated more thoroughly, thereby more effectively separating the rare earth element from the phosphorus element.
- the rare earth element is separated by precipitation of rare earth phosphate to obtain a monocalcium phosphate solution, and the main component is calcium ion and dihydrogen phosphate ion, and further contains a small amount of impurity ions such as monohydrogen phosphate ion, iron or aluminum. .
- the above separation method can effectively separate the rare earth phosphate precipitated and the rare earth ion-extracted leachate, and the rare earth enrichment multiple is up to several tens of times or even hundreds of times from the rare earth phosphate ore to the rare earth phosphate precipitation, and the rare earth phosphate in the rare earth phosphate precipitate can reach more than 45%. Even reaching more than 55%, the rare earth yield reaches 80% or more, even more than 90%, improving the rare earth separation efficiency, achieving the purpose of low-cost separation of rare earth, and facilitating the subsequent recycling of rare earth elements.
- the method further comprises: recovering rare earth elements in the rare earth phosphate precipitation; and in the monocalcium phosphate solution The phosphorus element is recycled.
- the step of recovering the rare earth element is carried out by any one of acid dissolution, alkali conversion-acid dissolution, sulfuric acid roasting-water immersion, and then precipitating enrichment or extracting and purifying. On the basis of the above high separation efficiency, the recovery rates of rare earth elements and phosphorus elements are also relatively high.
- the rare earth phosphates which can be separated by the above separation method of the present invention include, but are not limited to, rare earth-containing apatite ore, phosphorite or rare earth-containing collophosphate.
- the rare earth phosphate ore separated in the above separation method is a rare earth phosphate ore containing monazite and/or xenotime. As shown in FIG. 2, when the above-mentioned rare earth phosphate ore contains monazite and/or xenotime, the above separation method is used for separation, and the monazite and/or xenotime are not dissolved in the acid leaching process and remain in the slag.
- the separation of rare earth elements and phosphorus elements can be achieved.
- the rare earth phosphate precipitate is mixed with the acid leaching residue produced by the acid leaching process to form a rare earth mixed slag.
- the above rare earth mixed slag obtained by the two-step separation and aggregation has a high rare earth content (the rare earth yield of the rare earth phosphate ore can be more than 90%, and the leaching rates of Fe and Al can be less than 10%, respectively, based on the rare earth mixed slag;
- the rare earth phosphate rare earth yield is greater than 97%, and the leaching rates of Fe and Al are less than 5%, respectively, thereby improving the rare earth separation efficiency, achieving the purpose of low-cost separation of rare earth, and facilitating subsequent rare earth
- the elements are further recycled.
- the above rare earth phosphate ore containing monazite and/or xenotime is a relatively difficult class of minerals.
- monazite since monazite and phosphate rock belong to the same phosphate mineral, the mineralogical properties of the two are relatively close.
- monazite and phosphate rock are closely related.
- the decomposition of monazite requires relatively harsh conditions and requires high temperature, pH, etc.
- the phosphate rock containing monazite is treated by the sulfuric acid method in the prior art, It is often impossible to decompose monazite completely and fail to achieve its effective separation and utilization.
- the monazite is not dissolved in the acid leaching process, and is enriched in the slag, thereby realizing the separation of phosphorus and monazite.
- the rare earth entering the solution is precipitated by the aging treatment, and the rare earth mixed slag is formed by the monazite which is insoluble in the acid leaching process, and the rare earth is recovered, thereby simplifying the recovery step, improving the rare earth recovery rate, and achieving low cost. Comprehensive recovery of rare earths.
- the person skilled in the art can decide whether to further the rare earth element in the rare earth mixed slag and the phosphorus element in the monocalcium phosphate solution according to actual needs. Recycling is carried out separately, and a suitable recycling method can be selected in a targeted manner.
- the method further comprises: recovering rare earth elements in the rare earth mixed slag; and The phosphorus in the solution is recovered to make full use of the rare earth and phosphorus in the rare earth phosphate rock.
- the step of recovering the rare earth in the rare earth mixed slag comprises: step A, adding an iron-containing substance to the rare earth mixed slag (or simultaneously adding magnesium and/or Calcium substance), and adding concentrated sulfuric acid with a concentration of >90% to obtain a mixture; Step B, calcining the mixture to obtain a calcined product; Step C, adding water to the calcined product to obtain a rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid and water leaching residue Step D, adjusting the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid to 3.8 to 5, filtering to obtain a rare earth sulfate solution and a filter residue containing iron element, phosphorus element and strontium element; and step E, preparing a rare earth compound by using a rare earth sulfate solution Wherein, the step E
- the rare earth in the rare earth phosphate ore is retained in the rare earth mixed slag, so that the rare earth grade in the rare earth mixed slag is increased, and the workload of the subsequent treatment is greatly reduced.
- Phosphorus is solidified in the slag by using a unique iron-fixing phosphorus to avoid the loss of rare earth. If magnesium and/or calcium are added at the same time, the fluorine can be fixed, and the interference of phosphorus and fluorine can be eliminated, thereby effectively avoiding the loss of rare earth phosphate precipitation or precipitation of rare earth fluoride during the subsequent water leaching process.
- the fluorine element is prevented from escaping in the form of hydrogen fluoride gas during the roasting process and pollutes the environment.
- the recovery method of the rare earth element has less acid-base consumption, and the rare earth recovery rate can reach more than 90%.
- the strontium element is converted into pyrophosphate and solidified in the slag to avoid the decentralized pollution of the radioactive cesium element in the process.
- the purpose of adding the magnesium and/or calcium-containing substance is to fix the fluorine element in the mixed slag in the slag, thereby facilitating the separation of the rare earth element.
- any magnesium and/or calcium containing material capable of retaining fluorine in the slag and separating the rare earth element is suitable for use in the present invention.
- the magnesium and/or calcium-containing material is an oxide containing magnesium and/or calcium, a carbonate containing magnesium and/or calcium, and a mineral containing magnesium and/or calcium.
- At least one of; more preferably, the mineral containing magnesium and/or calcium is dolomite and/or magnesite; the iron-containing material is iron-containing tailings and/or iron-containing waste, preferably tailings containing rare earth and iron .
- the use of the above ore has the advantage of abundant resources, and the use of waste slag can save energy and reduce emissions, turning waste into treasure.
- the ratio of the number of moles of magnesium and/or calcium in the magnesium and/or calcium-containing substance to the number of moles of fluorine in the rare earth mixed slag is 1 ⁇ 2:2.
- magnesium/calcium-containing material and rare earth phosphate The mixing ratio of the slag is not limited to the above range, and by mixing the molar ratio of the two to 1 to 2:2, it is advantageous to form the fluorine in the ore during the roasting process under the premise of reducing the input amount of the magnesium/calcium-containing substance.
- Magnesium fluoride/calcium, magnesium fluorophosphate/calcium solids are fixed in the slag, which slows down the problem of fluoride leaching out of the environment during the roasting process, and avoids the formation of rare earth precipitated by fluoride during the process of solution removal. Loss, thereby increasing the yield of rare earths.
- the amount of the iron-containing substance added can be appropriately adjusted according to the content of the phosphorus element in the rare earth mixed slag.
- the mass ratio of the iron element in the iron-containing substance to the phosphorus element in the rare earth mixed slag is from 2 to 4:1, preferably from 2.5 to 3.5:1.
- controlling the Fe/P mass ratio can effectively form iron phosphate precipitation, and the phosphorus removal effect is good, and the excess iron can be hydrolyzed to form a precipitate under the pH condition, thereby avoiding the formation of rare earth phosphate precipitate, thereby avoiding the rare earth. Loss.
- the amount of concentrated sulfuric acid can be appropriately adjusted according to the quality of the rare earth mixed slag.
- concentrated sulfuric acid is added in a ratio of a mass ratio of concentrated sulfuric acid to rare earth mixed slag of from 1 to 2:1 to obtain a mixture. Controlling the mass ratio of the concentrated sulfuric acid to the rare earth mixed slag within the above range has an effect of effectively controlling the amount of sulfuric acid and improving the decomposition and leaching of the rare earth.
- the calcination temperature can be appropriately selected depending on the kind and content of the rare earth element in the mixture.
- the temperature of the calcined mixture is from 200 to 500 ° C, preferably from 250 to 400 ° C.
- the calcination in this temperature range is beneficial for the precipitation of barium, iron and phosphoric acid to form phosphate and/or pyrophosphate, which is solidified in the slag without being leached, and the radioactive element lanthanum is also solidified in the slag to avoid radioactive cesium in the process. Dispersed pollution.
- an appropriate substance may be selected according to the composition of the rare earth water immersion liquid and the pH value to adjust the rare earth water immersion liquid to a suitable pH value.
- the pH of the rare earth-containing aqueous extract is adjusted to 4 to 4.5 using magnesium oxide and/or light burnt dolomite.
- the magnesium oxide and/or light burnt dolomite is used to adjust the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid, so that the phosphorus element forms as much as possible to form iron phosphate and strontium phosphate precipitate, and the rare earth does not precipitate, thereby improving the recovery rate of the rare earth.
- the step of recovering phosphorus element comprises: adding concentrated sulfuric acid having a mass concentration greater than 90% to a monocalcium phosphate solution to obtain a solid-liquid mixture; The solid-liquid separation was carried out to obtain a first phosphoric acid solution and calcium sulfate.
- the above preferred embodiment has the beneficial effect of recovering the phosphorus element in the monocalcium phosphate solution in the form of a first phosphoric acid solution containing phosphoric acid, thereby realizing a low value strong acid to prepare a high value weak acid.
- the method further comprises: directly returning the first phosphoric acid solution In the above step S1, the rare earth phosphate ore is used for leaching; or the first phosphoric acid solution is subjected to impurity removal to obtain a second phosphoric acid solution having a relatively high purity of phosphoric acid; and then the second phosphoric acid solution is returned to the above step S1 for The rare earth phosphate rock is leached, and the second phosphoric acid solution can be further used for the production of phosphate fertilizer or for phosphoric acid production such as phosphoric acid purification.
- the recovered phosphoric acid solution containing impurities or impurities is used for the decomposition and leaching of rare earth phosphate rock, and the whole process is connected reasonably, thereby not only achieving efficient separation of rare earth elements and phosphorus elements, but also achieving recycling of phosphorus elements. use.
- the impurity element removed in the above impurity removal step includes but It is not limited to elements such as iron, silicon, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, barium and uranium.
- the specific impurity removal step may be carried out according to a conventional process in the prior art as needed.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution includes phosphoric acid, and hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid may be appropriately added according to actual conditions.
- the phosphoric acid containing solution further comprises hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid.
- the hydrochloric acid or nitric acid in the mixed acid solution is favorable for the decomposition of the apatite, thereby increasing the leaching rate of phosphorus and rare earth in the apatite.
- hydrochloric acid or nitric acid can provide hydrogen ion H + , which can reduce the content of phosphate under the same acid amount, reduce the viscosity of the system, and facilitate the leaching of phosphorus; at the same time, the presence of chloride ion or nitrate ion is beneficial to improve
- the solubility of calcium ions in solution is beneficial to the decomposition of apatite.
- the proportion of hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid in the moles of anion is from 0 to 30% (excluding 0), preferably from 2 to 15%.
- the content of hydrochloric acid or nitric acid used in the present invention is not limited to the above range, and excessively high content of hydrochloric acid or nitric acid will simultaneously increase the solubility of the rare earth phosphate in the system, making it difficult for the rare earth to precipitate and precipitate during the above-mentioned aging treatment. As a result, the rare earth cannot be concentrated in the precipitation of the rare earth phosphate, resulting in a low yield of the rare earth.
- the mass concentration of phosphoric acid can be appropriately selected depending on the composition of the rare earth phosphate ore to be leached.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution has a mass concentration of phosphoric acid of 15% to 50%, preferably 15% to 30%, based on P 2 O 5 .
- the concentration of P 2 O 5 in the phosphoric acid-containing solution used in the present invention is not limited to the above range, and when the concentration of P 2 O 5 is within the above range, a higher acidity is advantageous for decomposition of phosphate rock, thereby improving The yield of phosphorus, but the excessively high phosphoric acid content has problems such as high viscosity and low mass transfer efficiency.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution and the rare earth phosphate ore may be reasonably proportioned according to the phosphoric acid concentration in the phosphoric acid-containing solution and the rare earth phosphate component, so that the phosphorus in the rare earth phosphate ore The rare earth element is dissolved.
- the solid solution ratio of the phosphoric acid-containing solution to the rare earth phosphate ore is 2 to 10 L: 1 kg, preferably 3 to 6 L: 1 kg.
- the phosphorus and calcium elements form soluble calcium monophosphate Ca(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 into the solution under the condition of reducing the amount of acid.
- the solubility of the rare earth phosphate is high under the condition of high acidity, which is beneficial to phosphorus.
- the rare earth leaching into the solution in the limestone, the above ratio is favorable for the sufficient dissolution of the phosphorus element and the rare earth element, and is favorable for the subsequent aging treatment to form the rare earth phosphate precipitated and enriched rare earth.
- the mine also includes monazite, the insoluble monazite will remain in the slag, thereby achieving efficient separation and recovery of rare earth elements and phosphorus.
- a rare earth phosphate-containing material comprising at least a first phase structure and a second phase structure, wherein the first phase The structure is an amorphous phase, and the second phase structure comprises a monazite phase or/and a xenotime phase; the rare earth phosphate-containing material is separated from the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime, and comprises monazite
- the method for separating the phosphate minerals to obtain the rare earth phosphate-containing material comprises: step S1, leaching the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime with a solution containing phosphoric acid to obtain rare earth ions, calcium ions and dihydrogen phosphate a root ion leaching solution and a rare earth acid leaching residue; step S2, aging the leaching solution, solid-liquid separation to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate and a monocalc
- the above-mentioned rare earth phosphate-containing material is rich in rare earth with various phase structures, has high rare earth enrichment and high grade, and is convenient for comprehensive recycling of rare earth.
- the rare earth phosphate ore containing monazite and/or xenotime is leached by using a solution containing phosphoric acid at a relatively low reaction temperature, and the phosphoric acid containing solution is utilized.
- the hydrogen ion dissolves the phosphorus in the phosphate rock to form a monocalcium phosphate solution, and the rare earth element is also dissolved into the solution to form a leachate containing rare earth ions, Ca 2+ and H 2 PO 4 - ; and the monazite is in the acid leaching process
- the insoluble in the residue remains in the slag, achieving the separation of phosphorus from monazite.
- the aging of the leachate is beneficial to the formation of rare earth elements to form a rare earth phosphate precipitate to further separate the rare earth element from the phosphorus element.
- the reaction temperature has little effect on the leaching of phosphorus in acid leaching process, while the solubility of rare earth phosphate is relatively large at lower temperature, which is beneficial to the leaching of rare earth elements. At the same time, it can effectively inhibit the impurity elements such as iron and aluminum in phosphate rock. Leaching, so that the leaching rate of iron and aluminum elements ⁇ 5%, greatly reducing the burden of subsequent phosphoric acid purification and removal. Therefore, by controlling the temperature of the aging treatment to be higher than the temperature of the acid leaching step, the rare earth phosphate has a small solubility product at a relatively high temperature, which is advantageous for precipitating the rare earth element in the leaching solution as a rare earth phosphate to further realize the rare earth.
- the rare earth enrichment multiple is up to several tens of times or even hundreds of times.
- the rare earth phosphate in the rare earth phosphate precipitation can reach more than 45%, even more than 55%, and the rare earth yield reaches over 80%, even More than 90%, improve the separation efficiency of rare earth, achieve the purpose of low-cost separation of rare earth, and facilitate the subsequent recycling of rare earth elements.
- the amorphous phase of the rare earth phosphate-containing material containing the above phase structure is a phase structure formed by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, the content of the phase and the formation and content of rare earth in the rare earth phosphate ore, and the control of the rare earth phosphate in the leaching step Conditional.
- the content of the rare earth phosphate is closely related to the rare earth taste of the obtained rare earth phosphate-containing material, and determines the comprehensive recovery and utilization ratio of the rare earth.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material having the above various phase structures has relatively relatively high.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material has a content of the amorphous phase in the rare earth phosphate of more than 1% by weight, preferably 5 to 40% by weight. .
- the content of the amorphous phase is more than 1% by weight, it is advantageous for the recovery of the rare earth in the material containing the rare earth phosphate.
- the amorphous phase content is 5-40% by weight, the rare earth grade is relatively higher, which is more favorable for the comprehensive recycling of rare earth elements.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material has a relatively high rare earth grade when the content of the rare earth phosphate is in the above range, and in order to further improve the utilization value of the substance, another aspect of the present invention
- the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure in the rare earth phosphate-containing material is 1:1-20.
- the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure in the rare earth phosphate-containing material is controlled within the above range, so that the rare earth phosphate-containing material has both of the above phase structures, and thus has a high rare earth grade.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material has a high rare earth grade, which facilitates comprehensive recycling of rare earths and has a high rare earth yield.
- the rare earth phosphate ore since the rare earth phosphate ore is accompanied by iron and/or aluminum minerals, impurities of the above elemental species are inevitably contained in the separation process, and thus impurities containing iron and/or aluminum are also included.
- the content of this part of impurities is related to the content of iron and/or aluminum associated with rare earth phosphate ore and the control of acid leaching process.
- the iron-containing and/or aluminum-containing impurities are contained in the rare earth phosphate-containing material in an amount of from 1 to 50% by weight, preferably from 3 to 25% by weight, based on the oxide.
- the content of impurities containing iron and/or aluminum in the above rare earth phosphate-containing material is controlled within a range of 1 to 50 wt%, and the rare earth content is relatively high, which facilitates recovery of rare earth; enrichment of impurities in the solid phase and reduction of impurity elements Entering the leachate, reducing the burden of subsequent phosphoric acid purification and impurity removal, and the presence of iron and aluminum in the rare earth phosphate-containing material is beneficial to the role of phosphorus fixation in the subsequent rare earth recovery process, thereby contributing to the improvement of the rare earth yield and the realization of iron and aluminum.
- the material has a high rare earth grade, which facilitates the recovery of rare earths and realizes the comprehensive utilization of impurities iron and aluminum.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material of the present invention controls the impurity content within the above range enables the rare earth phosphate-containing material of the present invention to have a higher rare earth grade.
- the above rare earth-containing phosphate The weight ratio of the rare earth to iron and/or aluminum is 2 to 20:1 in terms of oxide. Controlling the weight ratio of the rare earth to iron and/or aluminum within the above range enables the rare earth phosphate-containing material of the present invention to have a high rare earth content.
- the purpose of leaching with a solution containing phosphoric acid is to dissolve the phosphorus element and the rare earth element in the rare earth-containing phosphate rock, and to remove the impurity element and the phosphoric acid insoluble matter (the rare earth and/or phosphorus of the monazite phase in the monazite).
- the rare earth of the xenotime phase in the antimony ore is retained in the slag to form a rare earth-containing acid leach residue. Therefore, any leaching process conditions capable of dissolving as much as possible the soluble rare earth elements in the phosphorus element and the phosphate rock are suitable for the present invention.
- the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime is leached with a solution containing phosphoric acid at a temperature of 10 ° C to 60 ° C for 0.5 to 8 hours, preferably 2 to 5 hours.
- a solution containing phosphoric acid at a temperature of 10 ° C to 60 ° C for 0.5 to 8 hours, preferably 2 to 5 hours.
- the lower reaction temperature enables the phosphorus element and the soluble rare earth element in the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime. It is completely dissolved as much as possible, and can effectively inhibit the leaching of impurity elements such as iron and/or aluminum in the phosphate rock, so that the leaching rate of iron element and/or aluminum element is less than 5%, which can greatly reduce the subsequent impurity removal burden. More preferably, the leaching time is from 2 to 5 hours. Selecting the leaching time in this range can completely dissolve the phosphorus element and the soluble rare earth, and shorten the leaching period.
- the specific time and temperature of the aging treatment can be adjusted according to the type of the rare earth-containing phosphate rock.
- the leachate is aged at a temperature of 60 ° C to 150 ° C, preferably 80 to 120 ° C for 0.5 to 24 hours, preferably 1 to 8 hours, and solid-liquid separation is carried out to obtain a rare earth phosphate precipitate. And a monocalcium phosphate solution.
- the rare earth phosphate has a small solubility product at a high temperature, and by using the above-mentioned higher temperature, it is advantageous to precipitate the rare earth ions dissolved in the leachate in the form of rare earth phosphate, thereby further achieving effective separation of the rare earth element and the phosphorus element.
- the rare earth element in the leachate can be precipitated more thoroughly, thereby more effectively separating the rare earth element and the phosphorus element, and the rare earth phosphate-containing material obtained has a relatively higher rare earth content. Conducive to the recycling of subsequent rare earth elements.
- the monocalcium phosphate solution here is not a solution composed of calcium ions and dihydrogen phosphate ions, but the main body is a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a trace amount of monohydrogen phosphate, iron or aluminum.
- a solution of impurity ions is not a solution composed of calcium ions and dihydrogen phosphate ions, but the main body is a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a trace amount of monohydrogen phosphate, iron or aluminum.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution includes phosphoric acid, and hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid may be appropriately added according to actual conditions.
- the phosphoric acid containing solution further comprises hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid. Hydrochloric acid or nitric acid in the mixed acid solution facilitates the decomposition of the apatite, thereby increasing the phosphorus leaching rate.
- hydrochloric acid or nitric acid can provide hydrogen ion H + , which can reduce the content of phosphate under the same acid amount, reduce the viscosity of the system, and facilitate the leaching of phosphorus; at the same time, the presence of chloride ion or nitrate ion is beneficial to improve
- the solubility of calcium ions in solution is beneficial to the decomposition of apatite.
- the proportion of hydrochloric acid and/or nitric acid is less than 30% (excluding 0), preferably 2 to 15%, based on the moles of anion.
- the content of hydrochloric acid or nitric acid used in the present invention is not limited to the above range.
- the mass concentration of phosphoric acid can be appropriately selected depending on the difference of the phosphate component to be leached containing monazite and/or xenotime.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution has a mass concentration of phosphoric acid of 15% to 50%, preferably 15% to 30%, based on P 2 O 5 .
- the concentration of P 2 O 5 in the phosphoric acid-containing solution used in the present invention is not limited to the above range, and when the concentration of P 2 O 5 is within the above range, a higher acidity is advantageous for decomposition of phosphate rock, thereby improving The yield of phosphorus, but the excessively high phosphoric acid content has problems such as high viscosity and low mass transfer efficiency.
- the phosphoric acid-containing solution and the phosphate rock can be reasonably proportioned according to the phosphoric acid-containing solution phosphoric acid concentration and the phosphate rock composition, so that phosphorus and rare earth The element is dissolved.
- the solid solution ratio of the phosphoric acid-containing solution to the phosphate rock containing monazite and/or xenotime is 2 to 10 L: 1 kg, preferably 3 to 6 L: 1 kg.
- the amount of acid By controlling the amount of acid, it is beneficial to make phosphorus and calcium form soluble monocalcium phosphate Ca(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 into solution under the condition of reducing the amount of acid.
- the solubility of rare earth phosphate is high under high acidity conditions, which is beneficial to apatite.
- the rare earth leaching into the solution, the above ratio is favorable for the sufficient dissolution of the phosphorus element and the rare earth element, and is favorable for the subsequent aging treatment, forming the rare earth phosphate precipitation and enriching the rare earth.
- the insoluble monazite and/or xenotime will remain in the slag. Thereby achieving efficient separation of rare earth elements and phosphorus elements.
- the mass concentration of phosphoric acid is based on P 2 O 5
- hydrochloric acid or nitric acid is based on the number of moles of anion.
- the contents of iron, aluminum, rare earth and other elements were tested by ICP, and the leaching rate and recovery rate of each element were calculated by this method.
- the phosphorus test was carried out by GBT 1871.1-1995 method, and the calcium test was carried out by GBT 1871.4-1995 method.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate ore containing 0.05wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 10:1, and the reaction was carried out at 10 °C for 1 hour. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution was aged at 60 ° C for 24 hours, and the rare earth element was precipitated as a rare earth phosphate precipitate. After solid-liquid separation, a monocalcium phosphate solution and 0.71 g of rare earth phosphate precipitate were obtained.
- the impurity Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock is 3.5%
- the impurity Al leaching rate is 2.5%
- the phosphorus element leaching rate is 95.3%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation content is 57.1%
- the rare earth recovery rate is 81.08%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.2wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 6:1, and the reaction was carried out at 20 ° C for 6 hours. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 60 ° C for 1 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and a 3.30 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in phosphate rock was 4.1%
- the Al leaching rate was 3.1%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 96.8%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 52.1%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 85.97%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.2wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 6:1, and the reaction was carried out at 20 ° C for 6 hours. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 80 ° C for 1 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 3.40 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in phosphate rock was 4.1%
- the Al leaching rate was 3.1%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 96.6%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 53.8%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 91.46%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.3wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 4:1, and the reaction was carried out at 30 °C for 3 hours. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 100 ° C for 0.5 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution by solid-liquid separation. 4.98 g of rare earth phosphate precipitated.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.2%
- the Al leaching rate was 3.2%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 96.5%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 55.3%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 91.80%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.3wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 4:1, and the reaction was carried out at 30 °C for 3 hours. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 100 ° C for 3 hours, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 5.03 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.2%, the Al leaching rate was 3.2%, the phosphorus leaching rate was 96.2%, the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 55.4%, and the rare earth recovery was 92.89%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.5wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 3:1, and the reaction was carried out at 25 ° C for 4 hours. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 4 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 8.10 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock is 4.5%
- the Al leaching rate is 3.6%
- the phosphorus leaching rate is 95.8%
- the rare earth content in the acid rare earth precipitation was 56.3%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 91.21%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock is leached by using a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 30%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of hydrochloric acid to mixed acid is 2%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 4:1, and the reaction is carried out at 30 ° C for 3 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 30%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of hydrochloric acid to mixed acid is 2%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 4:1, and the reaction is carried out at 30 ° C for 3 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 3 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 8.23 by solid-liquid separation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.7%, the Al leaching rate was 3.8%, the phosphorus leaching rate was 97.1%, the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 56.8%, and the rare earth recovery was 93.49%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock is leached by using a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 30%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of nitric acid to mixed acid is 2%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 4:1, and the reaction is carried out at 30 ° C for 3 h. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 30%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of nitric acid to mixed acid is 2%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 4:1, and the reaction is carried out at 30 ° C for 3 h. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 3 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 8.26 by solid-liquid separation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.7%
- the Al leaching rate was 3.8%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 97.3%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 56.3%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 93.01%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock is leached by using a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 30%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of hydrochloric acid to mixed acid is 15%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 4:1, and the reaction is carried out at 30 ° C for 3 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 30%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of hydrochloric acid to mixed acid is 15%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 4:1, and the reaction is carried out at 30 ° C for 3 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 3 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 8.38 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.9%
- the Al leaching rate was 4.6%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 98.5%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 56.8%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 95.20%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock is leached by using a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 40%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of hydrochloric acid to mixed acid is 25%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 3:1, and the reaction is carried out at 25 ° C for 4 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- a phosphoric acid solution (calculated as P 2 O 5 ) with a concentration of 40%, wherein the number of moles of anions is The ratio of hydrochloric acid to mixed acid is 25%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 3:1, and the reaction is carried out at 25 ° C for 4 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 4 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and a solution by solid-liquid separation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock is 5.0%
- the Al leaching rate is 5.0%
- the phosphorus leaching rate is 99.2%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation content is 55.9%
- the rare earth recovery rate is 80.50%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 1wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 2:1, and the reaction was carried out at 60 ° C for 0.5 h. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing a rare earth and an acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 130 ° C for 1 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 16.9 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in phosphate rock was 8.0%
- the Al leaching rate was 6.0%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 95.0%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation content was 47.8%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 80.78%.
- 1000 g of phosphate ore with a rare earth content of 7.4 wt% is used as a raw material, wherein the monazite content is 9.5 wt%, and the rare earth phosphate rock is leached by a phosphoric acid solution having a mass concentration of 20%, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 6:1.
- the reaction was carried out at 25 ° C for 2 h, and after filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and 205.0 g of acid leaching residue were obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution was aged at 100 ° C for 1 h, and the rare earth element was precipitated by rare earth phosphate precipitation, and solid-liquid separation was carried out to obtain a monocalcium phosphate solution and a 15.8 g rare earth phosphate precipitate.
- the impurity Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 3.3%
- the impurity Al leaching rate was 3.0%
- the phosphorus element leaching rate was 96.5%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation in the rare earth content was 54.8%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 97.80%.
- phosphate rock containing 7.4 wt% of rare earth as raw material wherein the monazite content is 9.5 wt%, and a rare earth phosphate rock is mixed with a hydrochloric acid solution (as P 2 O 5 ) and a hydrochloric acid having a mass concentration of 15%.
- the leaching is carried out, wherein the ratio of hydrochloric acid to the mixed acid is 10% by mole of the anion, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 10:1, and the reaction is carried out at 20 ° C for 8 hours, and after filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and 178.0 g are obtained. Acid leaching residue.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 70 ° C for 8 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 16.5 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.4%
- the Al leaching rate was 4.2%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 98.2%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 52.8%
- the rare earth recovery was 98.10%.
- phosphate rock containing 7.4 wt% of rare earth as raw material wherein the monazite content is 9.5 wt%, and a rare earth phosphate rock is mixed with a hydrochloric acid solution (as P 2 O 5 ) and a hydrochloric acid having a mass concentration of 15%.
- the leaching is carried out, wherein the ratio of hydrochloric acid to the mixed acid is 25% by mole of the anion, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 8:1, and the reaction is carried out at 20 ° C for 8 hours, and after filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and 154.0 g are obtained. Acid leaching residue.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 70 ° C for 12 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 17.3 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 5.0%
- the Al leaching rate was 5.0%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 98.9%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 52.5%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 97.75%.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 150 ° C for 0.5 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution by solid-liquid separation. 17.5 g of rare earth phosphate was precipitated.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 4.8%
- the Al leaching rate was 4.5%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 98.6%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 53.5%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 98.50%.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 90 ° C for 2 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 16.7 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the Fe leaching rate in the phosphate rock was 3.8%
- the Al leaching rate was 2.9%
- the phosphorus leaching rate was 98.4%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation was 55.7%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 98.30%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.3wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 6:1, and the reaction was carried out at 30 °C for 4 hours. Thereafter, a solution containing rare earth and acid leaching slag are obtained.
- the rare earth-containing solution was aged at 120 ° C for 3 h, and the rare earth element was precipitated as a rare earth phosphate precipitate, and solid-liquid separation was carried out to obtain 0.5 g of a rare earth phosphate precipitate.
- the impurity Fe leaching rate in phosphate rock is 68%
- the impurity Al leaching rate is 56%
- the phosphorus element leaching rate is 99.5%
- the rare earth phosphate precipitation content is 46.3%
- the rare earth recovery rate is 7.72%.
- the rare earth phosphate rock was leached with 1000g of phosphate rock containing 0.3wt% rare earth content as raw material, and the liquid-solid ratio of the control system was 4:1, and the reaction was carried out at 100 °C for 3 hours. Thereafter, a monocalcium phosphate solution and 65.8 g of acid leaching residue were obtained.
- the impurity Fe leaching rate in phosphate rock was 54.2%
- the impurity Al leaching rate was 43.7%
- the phosphorus element leaching rate was 96.7%
- the rare earth recovery rate was 96.7%.
- the low temperature can effectively inhibit the leaching of iron, aluminum and other impurity elements in the phosphate rock, so that the leaching rate of iron and aluminum elements is less than 5%, which greatly reduces the subsequent purification of phosphoric acid.
- the impurity burden increases the rare earth grade of the rare earth phosphate precipitate obtained in the subsequent aging process.
- hydrochloric acid or nitric acid in the mixed acid solution is beneficial to the decomposition of the apatite, thereby increasing the leaching rate of phosphorus and rare earth in the apatite.
- the rare earth-containing monocalcium phosphate solution is beneficial to the rare earth element contained in the solution to form a rare earth phosphate precipitate, thereby realizing the separation of the rare earth element and the phosphorus element.
- the yield of the rare earth and the rare earth grade are improved, and the rare earth phosphate has a small solubility product at a high temperature, which is favorable for the rare earth element in the leaching solution to precipitate as a rare earth phosphate. Thereby achieving effective separation of rare earth elements and phosphorus elements.
- Example 13 Further, the inventors further mixed the acid leaching slag and the rare earth phosphate precipitate in Example 13 to obtain a rare earth mixed slag, and 15 g of the rare earth element was recovered.
- the specific recovery steps are shown in the following Examples 17 to 23.
- the mixture is calcined at 200 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 4.0 by using magnesium oxide, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue are obtained by filtration, and the filter residue contains iron phosphate and barium phosphate precipitate;
- the rare earth sulfate solution is oxide, and the content of Fe is 0.02 g. / L, P content is 0.005g / L, Th content ⁇ 0.05mg / L;
- the rare earth sulfate solution is extracted and separated by an acidic phosphorus extracting agent to obtain a mixed rare earth chloride compound or a single rare earth compound; wherein the rare earth yield is 92.5%.
- the mixture is calcined at 250 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 4.0 by using magnesium oxide, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue are obtained by filtration, and the filter residue contains iron phosphate and barium phosphate precipitate;
- the rare earth sulfate solution has an oxide content of 0.03 g. / L, P content is 0.004g / L, Th content ⁇ 0.05mg / L;
- the rare earth carbonate product was obtained by adding a carbonate to the rare earth sulfate solution to obtain a rare earth carbonate product, and the recovery rate of the rare earth in the whole process was 94.1%.
- the mixture is calcined at 500 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 4.0 by using magnesium oxide, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue are obtained by filtration, and the filter residue contains iron phosphate and barium phosphate precipitate;
- the rare earth sulfate solution is oxide, and the content of Fe is 0.05 g. / L, P content is 0.004g / L, Th content ⁇ 0.04mg / L;
- the rare earth sulfate solution is extracted and separated by an acidic phosphorus extractant to obtain a mixed rare earth compound or a single rare earth compound; wherein the rare earth yield is 95.8%.
- the mixture is calcined at 350 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 4.5 by using magnesium oxide, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue are obtained by filtration, and the residue is contained in the filter residue.
- the rare earth yield in the rare earth sulfate solution was 94.2%.
- the mixture is calcined at 350 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 4.5 by light burning dolomite, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue are obtained by filtration, and the precipitated residue contains iron phosphate and barium phosphate precipitate; the rare earth sulfate solution is determined by the oxide, and the content of Fe is 0.01. g/L, P content is 0.007g / L, Th content ⁇ 0.04mg / L;
- the rare earth yield in the rare earth sulfate solution was 97.3%.
- the mixture is calcined at 400 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid was adjusted to 3.8 with magnesium hydroxide, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue were obtained by filtration, and the precipitated residue contained iron phosphate and strontium phosphate precipitate; the rare earth sulfate solution was determined by the oxide, and the content of Fe was 0.04 g. / L, P content is 0.002g / L, Th content ⁇ 0.05mg / L;
- the rare earth yield in the rare earth sulfate solution was 97.5%.
- the mixture is calcined at 450 ° C to obtain a calcined product
- the pH value of the rare earth-containing aqueous immersion liquid is adjusted to 3.8 with magnesium hydroxide, and the rare earth sulfate solution and the filter residue are obtained by filtration, and the residue is filtered.
- the content of Fe is 0.04 g / L
- the content of P is 0.002 g / L
- the content of Th is ⁇ 0.05 mg / L;
- the rare earth yield in the rare earth sulfate solution was 96.1%.
- the monazite-containing rare earth phosphate rock was leached with a phosphoric acid solution having a monolithic content of 23 g% and a total rare earth content of 16.4% by weight as a raw material, using a phosphoric acid solution (as P 2 O 5 ) having a mass concentration of 15%.
- the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 10:1, and the reaction is carried out at 10 ° C for 8 hours. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and 330 g of rare earth acid leaching residue are obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 60 ° C for 24 hours, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and a solid solution by solid-liquid separation.
- g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation is obtained.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the content of the amorphous phase in the rare earth phosphate-containing material is 4.27 wt%
- the impurity content of iron and aluminum in terms of oxide
- the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure is 0.045.
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 5.04 in terms of oxide.
- the concentration of phosphoric acid in the mixed acid is 50% (based on the P 2 O 5 content), using 1000 g of a rock with a monazite content of 15 wt% and a total rare earth content of 11.1 wt% as a raw material, using a mixed acid solution of phosphoric acid and hydrochloric acid.
- the ratio of hydrochloric acid to the mixed acid solution is 2%, the liquid-solid ratio of the control system is 2:1, and the reaction is carried out at 60 ° C for 0.5 h. After filtration, a monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and 267 g of acid are obtained. Leaching.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 150 ° C for 0.5 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution by solid-liquid separation. 18.9 g of rare earth phosphate precipitated.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the content of iron and aluminum impurities (in terms of oxide) is 1.9 wt%
- the content of amorphous phase is 8.82 wt%
- the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure is 0.097.
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 19.73 in terms of oxide.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution was aged at 80 ° C for 8 h, and the rare earth element was separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 15.6 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the X-ray diffraction spectrum of the rare earth phosphate-containing material of this example was examined as shown in FIG. It can be calculated from Fig. 3 that the rare earth phosphate-containing substance has an iron and aluminum impurity content (in terms of oxide) of 5.2% by weight and an amorphous phase content of 10.92% by weight; the first phase structure and the second phase The phase structure weight ratio was 0.123. The weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 6.23 in terms of oxide.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 100 ° C for 1 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 21.7 by solid-liquid separation.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material was found to have an iron and aluminum impurity content (as an oxide) of 23 wt% and an amorphous phase content of 5.66 wt%; a first phase structure to a second phase structure weight ratio of 0.060.
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 2.10 in terms of oxide.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 75 ° C for 2 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 19.3 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing material was found to have an iron and aluminum impurity content (in terms of oxide) of 23% by weight, an amorphous phase content of 4.07% by weight, and a first phase structure to second phase structure weight ratio of 0.042.
- the mass concentration of phosphoric acid in the mixed acid is 25% (with P 2 O 5 content meter), in terms of the number of moles of anion, hydrochloric acid in the mixed acid solution ratio of 10% (based on the number of moles of anion), control system liquid-solid ratio of 3:1, reaction at 15 ° C for 2h, after filtration A monocalcium phosphate solution containing rare earth and 143 g of acid leaching residue were obtained.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 2 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 18.6 by solid-liquid separation. g phosphoric acid rare earth precipitation.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the content of iron and aluminum impurities (calculated as oxide) is 5.8 wt%, and the content of amorphous phase is 28.66 wt%; the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure is 0.402. .
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 3.46 based on the oxide.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 120 ° C for 2 h, and the rare earth element is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution by precipitation of rare earth phosphate, thereby obtaining a monocalcium phosphate solution and 22.5 by solid-liquid separation.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the content of iron and aluminum impurities (in terms of oxide) is 5.6 wt%, and the content of amorphous phase is 49.56 wt%; the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure is 0.983. .
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 2.77 based on the oxide.
- the content of iron and aluminum impurities (in terms of oxide) in the rare earth-containing phosphoric acid slag was 31% by weight, and the content of the amorphous phase was 3.6% by weight; the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure was 0.037.
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 2.20 in terms of oxide.
- the rare earth phosphate-containing calcium phosphate solution is aged at 55 ° C for 2 h to precipitate the rare earth element with rare earth phosphate.
- the form is separated from the monocalcium phosphate solution, and thus solid-liquid separation is carried out to obtain a monocalcium phosphate solution and a precipitate of 2.4 g of rare earth phosphate.
- the rare earth acid leaching residue is mixed with the rare earth phosphate precipitate to obtain a rare earth phosphate-containing substance.
- the content of iron and aluminum impurities (in terms of oxide) is 1.3 wt%, and the content of amorphous phase is 3.7 wt%; the weight ratio of the first phase structure to the second phase structure is 0.038. .
- the weight ratio of rare earth to iron and aluminum impurities was 19.90 in terms of oxide.
- the content of the amorphous phase in the rare earth phosphate is 5-40% by weight, which is more favorable for subsequent Recovery of rare earth in the rare earth phosphate-containing material; controlling the content of impurities containing iron and/or aluminum in the above rare earth phosphate-containing material in the range of 3 to 25 wt%, having a relatively high rare earth content, and facilitating rare earth recovery,
- the impurities are enriched in the solid phase, reducing the entry of impurity elements into the leachate, reducing the burden of subsequent phosphoric acid purification and removal, and the presence of iron and aluminum in the rare earth phosphate-containing material is beneficial to the role of fixing phosphorus in the subsequent rare earth recovery process. In turn, it is beneficial to increase the yield of rare earth and realize the comprehensive utilization of iron and aluminum.
- the rare earth element therein can be further recycled, and the specific recycling step is shown in FIG. Adding iron-containing substances to the rare earth phosphate-containing material or simultaneously adding calcium and magnesium-containing substances, and adding concentrated sulfuric acid having a mass concentration of more than 90% for acidification roasting, and then leaching the calcined product with water to obtain a rare earth water immersion liquid and Water leaching slag; adjusting the pH value of the rare earth-containing water immersion liquid to 3.8 to 5, filtering to obtain a rare earth sulfate solution and a filter residue containing iron element, phosphorus element and strontium element; using an acidic phosphorus type extracting agent to the rare earth sulphate solution finally Using extraction separation to obtain mixed or single rare earth chloride; or, adding rare earth carbonate or oxalate to precipitate rare earth to obtain rare earth carbonate or rare earth oxalate; further to rare earth carbonate or rare earth The oxalate is calc
- the monocalcium phosphate solution obtained in the above Examples 24-32 is treated with sulfuric acid to obtain calcium sulfate and a phosphorus-containing solution, and the calcium sulfate can be used to prepare a commercially available gypsum product, and the phosphorus-containing solution can be purified to remove impurities to obtain a phosphoric acid solution. It is used in the acid leaching step of phosphate rock to realize the recycling of materials.
- the above-mentioned embodiments of the present application achieve the following technical effects: leaching rare earth phosphate ore by using a solution containing phosphoric acid, and utilizing hydrogen ions in the phosphoric acid-containing solution to dissolve phosphorus in the phosphate rock At the same time, the monocalcium phosphate dissolves the rare earth element into the solution to form a leaching solution containing rare earth ions, Ca 2+ and H 2 PO 4 - , and further aging the leaching solution, which is favorable for forming rare earth ions in the leaching solution to form rare earth phosphate Precipitation separates the rare earth element from the phosphorus element.
- the temperature of the controlled aging treatment is higher than the temperature of the acid leaching step, and the leaching of iron, aluminum and other impurity elements in the rare earth phosphate rock can be effectively suppressed at a low temperature, so that the leaching rate of iron and aluminum elements is less than 5%, which greatly reduces the subsequent
- the impurity removal capacity of the rare earth phosphate at a high temperature is favorable for the rare earth element dissolved in the leachate to be precipitated as a rare earth phosphate, thereby further realizing the effective separation of the rare earth element and the phosphorus element.
- the monazite When the monazite is contained in the rare earth phosphate ore, the monazite does not dissolve in the acid leaching process and remains in the slag, thereby achieving separation of the rare earth element and the phosphorus element. Then, the rare earth phosphate precipitate is mixed with the rare earth-containing leaching residue produced by the acid leaching process to form a rare earth mixed slag.
- the above separation method improves the separation efficiency of the rare earth, makes the rare earth phosphate precipitation and the rare earth content in the rare earth mixed slag high, and achieves the purpose of separating rare earth at a low cost, and is convenient for further recycling of the rare earth element.
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- 一种从含稀土磷矿中回收磷和稀土的方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:步骤S1,用含磷酸的溶液对所述稀土磷矿进行浸出,得到浸出液和酸浸渣,所述浸出液中含有稀土离子、Ca2+和H2PO4 -;以及步骤S2,对所述浸出液进行陈化处理,得到磷酸稀土沉淀与磷酸一钙溶液;其中,所述步骤S2的反应温度高于所述步骤S1的反应温度。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述步骤S1包括:在10℃~60℃的温度下,用所述含磷酸的溶液对所述稀土磷矿浸出0.5~8小时,优选1~4小时,得到所述浸出液和所述酸浸渣。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述步骤S2包括:在60℃~150℃,优选为80~120℃的温度下对所述浸出液陈化处理0.5~24小时,优选为1~8小时,得到所述磷酸稀土沉淀与所述磷酸一钙溶液。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,当所述稀土磷矿中不含独居石和/或磷钇矿时,所述方法还包括:对所述磷酸稀土沉淀中的稀土元素进行回收;以及对所述磷酸一钙溶液中的磷元素进行回收。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,当所述稀土磷矿含有独居石和/或磷钇矿时,所述方法还包括:将所述酸浸渣与所述磷酸稀土沉淀混合,得到稀土混合渣;对所述稀土混合渣中的稀土元素进行回收;以及对所述磷酸一钙溶液中的磷元素进行回收。
- 根据权利要求4或5所述的方法,其特征在于,对所述磷酸一钙溶液中的磷元素进行回收的步骤包括:向所述磷酸一钙溶液中加入质量浓度>90%的浓硫酸,得到固液混合物;对所述固液混合物进行固液分离,得到第一磷酸溶液和硫酸钙。
- 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其特征在于,对所述磷酸一钙溶液中的磷元素进行回收的步骤中,在得到所述第一磷酸溶液后,还包括:将所述第一磷酸溶液返回所述步骤S1,对所述稀土磷矿进行浸出;或者对所述第一磷酸溶液进行除杂,得到第二磷酸溶液,并将所述第二磷酸溶液返回所述步骤S1,对所述稀土磷矿进行浸出。
- 根据权利要求5所述的方法,其特征在于,对所述稀土混合渣中的稀土元素进行回收的 步骤包括:步骤A,向所述稀土混合渣中添加含铁的物质,并加入质量浓度>90%的浓硫酸,得到混合物;步骤B,对所述混合物进行焙烧,得到焙烧产物;步骤C,对所述焙烧产物加水浸出,得到含稀土水浸液和水浸渣;步骤D,调节所述含稀土水浸液的pH值至3.8~5,过滤得到硫酸稀土溶液和滤渣,所述滤渣中含有铁元素、磷元素和钍元素;以及步骤E,以所述硫酸稀土溶液为原料制备稀土化合物,其中,所述步骤E包括:采用酸性磷类萃取剂对所述硫酸稀土溶液进行萃取分离,得到混合氯化稀土化合物或单一稀土化合物;或者向所述硫酸稀土溶液中加入碳酸盐或草酸盐沉淀稀土元素,获得稀土碳酸盐或稀土草酸盐;并对所述稀土碳酸盐或所述稀土草酸盐进行煅烧,得到稀土氧化物。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述含磷酸的溶液中还包含盐酸和/或硝酸。
- 根据权利要求1或9所述的方法,其特征在于,以P2O5计,所述含磷酸的溶液中磷酸的质量浓度为15%~50%,优选为15%~30%。
- 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,以阴离子的摩尔数计,所述含磷酸的溶液中盐酸和/或硝酸所占的比例<30%,优选2~15%。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述步骤S1之前,所述方法还包括:将所述含磷酸的溶液与所述稀土磷矿按照液固比为2~10L:1kg的比例进行混合的步骤,优选所述液固比为3~6L:1kg。
- 一种含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质中稀土磷酸盐至少含有第一相结构和第二相结构,所述第一相结构为无定形相,所述第二相结构包括独居石相或/和磷钇矿相;所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质是从含独居石和/或磷钇矿的磷矿中分离得到,所述从含独居石和/或磷钇矿的磷矿中分离得到所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质的方法包括:步骤S1,用含磷酸的溶液对所述含独居石和/或磷钇矿的磷矿进行浸出,得到浸出液和稀土酸浸渣;所述浸出液含有稀土离子、钙离子和磷酸二氢根离子;步骤S2,对所述浸出液进行陈化处理,经固液分离得到磷酸稀土沉淀和磷酸一钙溶液;以及步骤S3,将所述稀土酸浸渣与所述磷酸稀土沉淀混合,得到所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质;所述步骤S2的反应温度高于所述步骤S1的反应温度。
- 根据权利要求13所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,以重量含量计,所述无定形相在所述稀土磷酸盐中的含量大于1%,优选为5~40%。
- 根据权利要求13所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质中所述第一相结构与所述第二相结构的重量比为1:1~20。
- 根据权利要求13所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质中还包括含铁和/或铝的杂质,以氧化物计,铁和/或铝含量为1~50wt%,优选为3~25wt%。
- 根据权利要求13所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,在所述含稀土磷酸盐的物质中,以氧化物计,稀土与铁和/或铝的重量比为2~20:1。
- 根据权利要求13所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,所述步骤S1包括:在10℃~60℃的温度下,用所述含磷酸的溶液对所述含独居石和/或磷钇矿的磷矿浸出0.5~8小时,优选1~4小时,得到所述浸出液和所述稀土酸浸渣。
- 根据权利要求13所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,所述步骤S2包括:对所述浸出液在60℃~150℃,优选为80~120℃的温度下陈化处理0.5~24小时,优选为1~8小时,固液分离得到所述磷酸稀土沉淀和所述磷酸一钙溶液。
- 根据权利要求14所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,所述含磷酸的溶液中还包含盐酸和/或硝酸;优选地,以阴离子的摩尔数计,所述含磷酸的溶液中盐酸和/或硝酸所占的比例小于30%,更优选为2~15%。
- 根据权利要求18至20中任一项所述的含稀土磷酸盐的物质,其特征在于,以P2O5计,所述含磷酸的溶液中磷酸的质量浓度为15%~50%,优选为15%~30%;所述含磷酸的溶液与所述含独居石和/或磷钇矿的磷矿按照液固比为2~10L:1kg的比例混合的步骤,优选所述液固比为3~6L:1kg。
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