The invention discloses a method for extracting beryllium oxide from low-grade
beryllium ore. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of:
grinding the low-grade
beryllium ore,
pelletizing,
drying,
roasting, and crushing to obtain a roasted material; adding concentrated
sulfuric acid, stirring, leaching, and separating to obtain acidified liquid and acidified
slag; adding the acidified liquid into the other roasted material, and stirring and leaching to obtain primary steep and primary leaching residue; adding concentrated
sulfuric acid into the primary leaching residue, adding water, and stirring and leaching to obtain secondary steep and secondary leaching residue, wherein the acidified liquid is replaced by the secondary steep for recycling; extracting the primary steep by adopting an extracting agent in a volume ratio of phosphors extracting agents: alkanol:
kerosene of (25-45):(5-1):(50-70) to obtain a beryllium-loaded organic phase and
raffinate; washing the beryllium-loaded organic phase by adopting solution of
oxalic acid, and performing back extraction by using solution of NaOH to obtain a blank organic phase and stripping solution; and regulating the concentration of hydroxyl ions in the stripping solution to ensure that beryllium is hydrolyzed and precipitated, and calcining a precipitate to obtain the
beryllium oxide. The method is easy to operate, the cost is low, the
beryllium oxide with the content of over 97 percent is obtained, and the
recovery rate of the beryllium is about 80 percent. The method is suitable for extracting the
beryllium oxide from low-grade beryllium ore with low BeO content and high CaF2 content.