The invention discloses a defluorination method for a
zinc sulphate solution, comprising the following ordered steps of: A, a ball-milling process: milling coarse grains Ce2(CO3) with water by a
ball mill, wherein the Ce2(CO3) is milled to have the grain size of less than 1
micrometer so as to form
slurry, and the
slurry is used for a
sedimentation defluorination process; B, the
sedimentation defluorination process: adding the
slurry formed by the step A into the
zinc sulphate solution with the pH value of 5.0-5.4, adding
sulfuric acid to regulate the pH value to be 3.0-4.5, making the Ce2(CO3) react with the
fluorine in the
zinc sulphate solution to generate the CeCO3F
sediment, wherein the concentration of
fluorine ions in the solution is reduced to be less than 0.1g / L, the solution is filtered, the filtrate is used for regular zinc
hydrometallurgy, and the filter residue is used for a
sedimentation residue filtering and washing process; C, the sedimentation residue filtering and washing process: adding water for filtering and washing the filter residue obtained by the step B, wherein the filtered and washed liquid is used for the regular zinc
hydrometallurgy, and the filtered and washed residue is sold. The method provided by the invention is featured by being short and easy, low in
energy consumption,
pollution free, low in technical operation difficulty, excellent in defluorination effect, low in
operating cost, remarkable in
economic benefits, and the like.