The invention relates to a preparation method of a gas-sensitive element used for detecting a novel refrigerant, HC-600a, belonging to the technical field of the preparation process of a metal oxide semiconductor gas-sensitive element. The material of the gas-sensitive element of the invention is based on SnO2-Fe2O3 dibasic nano composite material, wherein, the mole ratio of Sn/Fe is 1 to 15: 100; noble metal elements, Au and Ru, with the mass percentage of 0.1 percent to 1.0 percent are doped by a dipping method, the doped gas-sensitive material is obtained, then is ground, and stirred to be pasty by a proper amount of deionized water and polyethylene glycol; and the pasty gas-sensitive material is uniformly coated on the surface of an aluminium oxide ceramic tube and is processed for two hours by annealing at the temperature of 500 DEG C so as to obtain the gas-sensitive element used for detecting the novel refrigerant HC-600a. The gas-sensitive element prepared by the invention has the advantages of high gas sensitivity to the refrigerant, HC-600a, good selectivity to interference gas, short time for response and recovery, good stability and the like, and can be used in the fields of leak detection of the novel and environment-friendly refrigerant, HC-600a, and detection of relevant industries of isobutene.