Abstract:
Cr
2O
3 material was prepared under different temperatures (1 000–1 500 °C) and different protective atmospheres (argon, nitrogen) by using Cr
2O
3 powder as raw material and TiO
2 powder as sintering assistant. The effect of TiO
2 addition (0, 1%, 3%, 5%, 5%, mass fraction), sintering temperature and sintering atmosphere on sintering densification behavior of Cr
2O
3 was analyzed. The results show that with the increase of TiO
2 addition, the linear shrinkage rate and relative density of the sample increased, and the densification degree increased. When the TiO
2 addition was 5%, the linear shrinkage rate and relative density reached the maximum, which were 16.25% and 92.51%, respectively. After adding TiO
2, (Cr
0.88Ti
0.12)
2O
3 replacement solid solution was formed to improve the diffusion mass transfer rate and promote sintering densification. With the increase of sintering temperature, the sintering densification degree of Cr
2O
3 first increased and then decreased, and reached the maximum at 1 300 °C. After sintering in nitrogen atmosphere, the Cr
2N film was formed on the surface of Cr
2O
3 particles after sintering in nitrogen, which could play a similar role to the liquid phase and improve the sintering speed, the Cr
2O
3 prepared was denser than that prepared in argon atmosphere.