The invention discloses a method for preparing high-purity silver
powder from silver-rich residue containing high
selenium and
tellurium. The method comprises the steps that the silver-rich residue containing the high
selenium and
tellurium is mixed with alkali at a certain liquid-
solid ratio and placed in a
titanium reaction kettle to be leached, and after leaching is completed and filtering and washing are conducted, leaching liquid containing the
selenium and the
tellurium and alkali leaching residue containing the selenium and the tellurium are obtained, so that preliminary removing of the selenium and the tellurium is achieved, silver is enriched, and the selenium and the tellurium which exist in sulfides need to be further removed; the alkali leaching residue is added with
nitric acid and placed in the
titanium reaction kettle to be leached, and after leaching is completed and filtering and washing are conducted, acid leaching residue and acid leaching liquid are obtained; the leaching liquid is added with a precipitating agent to selectively form a
silver chloride precipitation, and after filtering and washing are conducted, pure
silver chloride is obtained, so that the selenium and the tellurium are completely removed; and the
silver chloride precipitation is added with a displacer and subjected to displacement to obtain silver
powder, and the silver
powder is washed through deionized water and protected and dried through
nitrogen, so that the high-purity silver powder is obtained. The method for preparing the high-purity silver powder from the silver-rich residue containing the high selenium and tellurium is simple in process, easy to operate and industrialize,
environmentally friendly, low in production cost, high in selenium and tellurium removing rate and product purity and good in industrialization application prospect.