Cr2O3canbesinteredwellat1500℃incarbon-embeddedconditionorH2atmosphere.Butthehighchromebearingrefractoriescannotreachdensificationwhensinteredat1700℃for10hinweakreducingatmosphereformedbythecombustionoffuel,anditsapparentporosityisabout18%.Thehighchromebearingrefractoriesaremainlyusedincoalgasifiers.Thetemperatureinthefurnaceisabout1500℃andtheproductsareH2andCO,whicharejustthesinteringconditionsofthedensechromerefractorieswithapparentporositylessthan10%.Thehighchromebearingrefractoriesusedincoalgasifiersmaybesinteredagainandthenshrink,destroyingthegasifierlining.Thethermodynamiccalculationshowsthatitissafeaboutthehighchromebearingrefractoriesusedingasifiers.Itisalsoexplainedthatthehighchromebearingrefractoriescan’tbesintereddenselyinweakreducingatmosphereformedbythecombustionoffuel.Thenewsinteringtechnologiescanbeusedtoimprovethebulkdensityofthehighchromebearingrefractories.
