The invention discloses a preparation method of a nuclear-grade
zirconium-
niobium intermediate
alloy wire. The
zirconium-
niobium intermediate
alloy wire consists of the following components in percentage by
mass: 15-75% of Nb and the balance of Zr and inevitable impurities. The method comprises the following steps that firstly,
sponge zirconium and a
niobium block are subjected to vacuum self-consuming
electric arc melting, and a bar billet is obtained through
forging; secondly, the bar billet is rolled at the temperature of 850-950 DEG C through a
rolling mill, and after annealing is conducted under the
argon condition, scalping and cold rolling are conducted to obtain a wire billet; and thirdly, the wire blank is scalped, intermediate
vacuum annealing and
polishing are conducted in multi-pass cold drawing, and the zirconium-niobium intermediate
alloy wire is obtained. According to the method, the Nb element content of the zirconium-niobium intermediate alloy and the rolling temperature of the
rolling mill are controlled, the process of combining cold rolling and multi-pass cold drawing is adopted, alloy flowing on the surface of the wire and alloy flowing on the core can be synchronous and uniform, the zirconium-niobium intermediate alloy wire with good quality is obtained, and the method is suitable for the technical field of
metal material
machining.