The invention belongs to the technical field of
rare earth wet
metallurgy, and particularly relates to a method for removing
fluorine in bastnaesite
sulfuric acid leaching liquid by using a
zirconium-containing adsorbent. The method comprises the following steps of firstly, preparing
zirconium salt into solution being 0.05-0.5 mol.L<-1>, stirring and activating by adding a precipitating agent, obtaining
zirconium-containing adsorbent hydrated
zirconium oxide by
drying a
solid product obtained by suction
filtration, diluting bastnaesite
sulfuric acid leaching liquid by 10-100 times by adding water, regulating the acidity to be 0.1-1.0 mol.L<-1>, adding 0.2-1.0g / 50ml of a prepared zirconium-containing adsorbent, oscillating for 10-40 minutes, and then carrying out
solid-liquid separation, and obtaining to obtain
solid zirconium-containing adsorbent loaded with
fluorine and defluorination
sulfuric acid leaching liquid. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the generation of three
fluorine-containing waste products is reduced through fluorine removing, the environment
pollution due to a procedure is greatly relieved, meanwhile, the influence for on the extraction and the separation of follow-up
rare earth due to the fluorine can be removed by simultaneously removing the fluorine from sulfuric acid liquid before extraction, the zirconium adsorbent after the adsorption can be reutilized, and the cost is greatly reduced.