The invention relates to the technical field of target material preparation, and provides a
metal target material and a preparation method thereof.The preparation method comprises the steps that
metal raw materials are heated and melted to form melt; carrying out downward
continuous casting treatment on the melt to obtain a
metal slender rod; the
thin metal rod is subjected to continuous upsetting treatment with the deformation quantity exceeding 400%, and a thick metal rod is obtained; the thick metal rod is subjected to continuous
extrusion treatment, and a metal
pipe is obtained; and carrying out heat treatment on the metal tube, and then
machining to obtain the metal target material. According to the preparation method of the metal target material, the melt is treated through downward
continuous casting, the high-purity and fine metal rod can be prepared, subsequent continuous upsetting is facilitated to achieve super-
large deformation, coarse grains in the metal thin rod are effectively crushed, and the metal thick rod with fine and uniform grains is obtained; the problem that when a large cast
ingot is obtained through traditional
smelting and
casting and then forged, the uniformity of
crystal grains is difficult to control accurately is solved, meanwhile, the situation that
continuous production of target materials is affected by an intermittent multi-pass
forging mode is avoided, and the production efficiency is remarkably improved.