The invention relates to the technical field of
metal materials and provides a superconducting
niobium pipe and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the specific steps of:
forging superconducting
niobium ingots, wherein the temperature during a
forging process is lower than or equal to 60 DEG C; carrying out first
thermal treatment on the forged superconducting
niobium ingots;
coating a lubricating agent on the surfaces of the superconducting niobium ingots after the first
thermal treatment, and carrying out reverse
extrusion; and carrying out secondary
thermal treatment on the superconducting niobium ingots after the reverse
extrusion, so as to obtain the superconducting niobium
pipe. According to the superconducting niobium
pipe and the preparation method thereof, the
forging temperature is controlled in a forging process, and the lubricating agent is coated on the surfaces of the niobium ingots in an
extrusion process, so that the carbon absorption, the
hydrogen absorption and the
oxygen absorption of the niobium ingots in a
machining process are effectively avoided, and the decreasing amplitude of the residual resistivity of the prepared superconducting niobium pipe is relatively small.