The invention relates to a method for separating
platinum,
palladium,
rhodium and
iridium from a solution, which comprises the following steps: adding a strong oxidant, and then adding a saturated
ammonium chloride solution, so that
platinum,
palladium,
rhodium and
iridium form
chloroplatinic acid amine, chloropalladic acid amine, chlororhodic acid amine and chloroiridic acid amine precipitates; adding
ammonia water for slurrying, heating and stirring, and enabling
palladium salt to enter the solution; the filtrate is palladium liquid, and the filter residues are
ammonium chloroplatinate,
ammonium chlororhodate and ammonium chloroiridate. And refining the palladium liquid to recover palladium. The method comprises the following steps: adding water into
ammonium chloroplatinate, ammonium chlororhodate and ammonium chloroiridate salt
slag, slurrying, heating, adding hydrazine
hydrate, reducing
platinum and
rhodium into simple substances, reducing tetravalent
iridium salt into trivalent iridium salt, adjusting the acidity of the solution, transferring the iridium salt into the solution, and refining the iridium liquid to recover iridium. The filter residues are platinum and rhodium
powder,
drying, dissolving with
hydrochloric acid and
hydrogen peroxide, transferring platinum into a solution, filtering, and transferring platinum liquid into refining; the filter residue is crude rhodium, and refining to obtain rhodium
powder. The invention provides a method for separating complex
precious metal materials, and solves the problems of incomplete separation, large amount of
wastewater and waste liquid in separation, complicated process, high cost and the like.