Hydrometallurgical methods of recovery of scandium from the wastes of various technologies

Abstract

The recovery of scandium from the wastes of the production of uranium, titanium, iron–vanadium, and alumina is studied. The applied acid schemes of scandium transfer to a solution followed by ion-exchange recovery and extraction concentration of scandium ensure the precipitation of crude scandium oxides containing up to 5% Sc₂O₃. Scandium oxides of 99.96–99.99% purity are formed after additional refining of these crude oxides according to an extraction technology using a mixture 15% multiradical phosphine oxide or Cyanex-925 + 15% tributyl phosphate in kerosene.