The invention discloses an environment-friendly energy-saving normal pressure and temperature
wet preparation process for refined
bismuth. The process comprises the procedures of normal temperature leaching, liquid-
solid separation, electrodeposition, alkali fusion and
electrolysis. The process comprises the following concrete steps: placing
bismuth oxide, a
bismuth concentrate or a
copper-bismuth concentrate in an acidic
chlorine salt
system at normal temperature and normal pressure, using air or
oxygen as an
oxidizing agent and carrying out normal temperature leaching; carrying out
solid-liquid separation, i.e., directly delivering a
leachate to a
cyclone electrolyzer at normal temperature and normal pressure, carrying out
electrolysis for 1 to 7 h under the conditions that direct
voltage and
current density are controlled to be 1 to 3.5 V and 150 to 800 A / m<2>, respectively, so as to obtain clear post-electrodeposition liquid and
sponge bismuth and returning the post-electrodeposition liquid to the procedure of leaching for cyclic usage; subjecting
sponge bismuth obtained in electrodeposition to alkali covering and melting so as to obtain crude bismuth; and allowing the crude bismuth to undergo
electrolysis so as to obtain refined bismuth. According to the invention, air or
oxygen is used for oxidizing leaching of a bismuth ore in the acidic
chlorine salt
system at normal temperature and normal pressure,
cyclone electrodeposition is adopted to directly extract bismuth from the
leachate, so the process can be implemented at normal temperature and normal pressure and has the advantages of simple and convenient operation, high
leaching rate of the bismuth ore, low cost and
environmental protection.