Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 62-65.doi: 10.11962/1006-4990.2019-0451

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Study on causticization and purification of salt lake lithium ore and recovery of fluorine-containing lithium carbonate

Xu Xinfang,Zhou Xiaoping,Liu Zhengfeng,Li Lei,Chen Hu,Li Changming   

  1. Do-Fluoride Chemicals Co.,Ltd.,Jiaozuo 454150,China
  • Received:2020-01-28 Online:2020-07-10 Published:2020-07-13

Abstract:

A method of purifying salt lake lithium ore and recovering fluorine-containing lithium carbonate was mainly described.The process flow was as follows:the salt lake lithium ore(fluorine-containing lithium carbonate) was washed by water to remove most of the soluble impurities contained in it,and then it was put into the lime milk slurry for heating to 90~95 ℃ according to a certain proportion.Then it was filtered to obtain the lithium hydroxide solution after 4 h of reaction.The lithium hydroxide solution was pressurized and concentrated at 100~120 ℃ for 4 h to obtain lithium hydroxide solution with low content of calcium-and-magnesium ions and silicate.Food grade carbon dioxide was passed into the refined lithium hydroxide solution and the industrial-grade lithium carbonate was obtained,or preparing lithium hydroxide by concentration.The lithium hydroxide obtained by procedures above can be used to obtain high-purity lithium carbonate with silicon content less than 10×10-6 through secondary carbonization,cation exchange resin to remove calcium and magnesium ions and recrystallization.The lithium hydroxide can also be used to obtain lithium hydroxide monohydrate with calcium content less than 5×10-6and magnesium content less than 2×10-6 through concentration.

Key words: causticization, salt lake lithium ore, cation exchange resin, lithium carbonate

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