Method for preparing sodium antimonate from antimony oxide ore via alkaline approach

• Main Authors: SHAN TAOYUN, DENG WEIHUA, LIU QUEMING, LIAO GUANGRONG, DAI YONGJUN, ZENG YAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 18.06.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

The invention discloses a method for preparing sodium antimonate from an antimony oxide ore via an alkaline approach. The method comprises the following steps: (1) leaching the antimony oxide ore, (2) purifying filtrate, and (3) oxidizing the purified filtrate. The method is high in recovery rate, the leaching rate of antimony is 95-99%, the direct recovery rate of sodium antimonate is 90-95%, the whole process is performed under an alkaline environment, the requirement on corrosion resistance of equipment is not high, no complicated pretreatment is required in the process, the needed raw materials are nontoxic and harmless, the alkaline liquid is recyclable, neither waste water nor waste gas is generated in the process, and waste residues are nontoxic and harmless.