The invention discloses a preparation method of a spherical
cerium-based
abrasive material with high
hardness and high Ce < 3 + > content. The method comprises the following steps: 1, carrying out
hydrothermal reaction on
cerium salt and aluminum salt in an
ethylene glycol solution to generate a
cerium-based
abrasive precursor; 2, firing the cerium-based
abrasive precursor to obtain a
cerium oxide spherical abrasive doped with aluminum
oxide; and 3, reducing the
cerium oxide spherical abrasive by
sodium borohydride to obtain the spherical cerium-based abrasive with high
hardness and high Ce < 3 + > content. According to the method, aluminum ions are doped into the
cerium oxide spherical abrasive through a one-step hydration method, the
hardness of the abrasive is improved, meanwhile, a large amount of Ce < 4 + > is efficiently and rapidly reduced into Ce < 3 + > ions through an in-situ reduction method, and the
polishing efficiency of the abrasive is improved. The cerium-based abrasive synthesized by the method is uniform in
granularity, good in morphology, high in hardness and high in Ce < 3 + > content, and the
polishing rate of
silicon carbide can be remarkably increased and the
surface roughness can be remarkably reduced when the cerium-based abrasive is prepared into a
silicon carbide polishing solution; and the preparation method is simple, good in
repeatability, green and environment-friendly, and beneficial to industrial production.