The invention discloses a novel
bismuth smelting separation method. According to the method,
bismuth compounds and water are mixed and stirred to a
slurry state according to a
mass ratio being 1:(1-2) to form a
slurry mixture, then,
sodium hydroxide is added into the
slurry mixture according to the
bismuth to
sodium hydroxide mass ratio being 1:(0.5-0.8), the temperature is controlled to be 90 to 95 DEG C, the materials are stirred for reaction for 1 to 2 hours so that the bismuth is converted into bismuth
tellurium oxides to be dissolved into aqueous alkali, then, the filtering is carried out so that bismuth oxides and
tellurium-containing solution are separated to respectively obtain bismuth oxides and
tellurium lye, the bismuth oxides are washed by water, and the bismuth oxides are reduced and smelted to produce bismuth
metal. The novel bismuth
smelting separation method has the advantages that the bismuth compounds are converted into the bismuth oxides though alkaline addition, the bismuth oxides have small size, low
moisture content and high bismuth content, the
smelting energy consumption is reduced, only the bismuth oxides are produced, negative ions such as
nitrate radicals,
chlorine radicals and
carbonic acid radicals are eliminated, poisonous gas generated in the
smelting process is eliminated, the bismuth oxides are thoroughly separated from tellurium,
nitrate radicals and the like after being filtered and washed, the
impurity tellurium is eliminated, the bismuth purity is improved, the bismuth
metal is produced through reduction and smelting, and the
recovery rate of the bismuth reaches 99 percent.