The invention provides a 
graphene / 
silicon carbide reinforced 
copper-based 
composite material and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of 
copper-based composite materials. The 
graphene / 
silicon carbide reinforced 
copper-based 
composite material contains the following components of, in percentage by weight, 0.3wt%-0.8wt% of 
graphene, 0. 2wt%-0.6wt% of SiC, 0. 02wt%-0.2wt%of Ni, and the balance copper; the preparation method comprises the following steps that (1) mixing is carried out; (2) 
ultrasonic dispersion on graphene is carried out, mixed 
powder and stearic acidare added, 
ultrasonic dispersion is carried out, and then mixing and stirring are carried out; (3) ball milling is carried out; (4) 
drying is carried out; the 
stearic acid is removed; (5) pre-pressingforming is carried out, and a pressed shape is loaded into a 
graphite mold; and (6) vacuum 
hot pressing is carried out, wherein the 
hot pressing temperature is 840-860 DEG C, the 
hot pressing pressure is 40-50 MPa, the hot pressing time is 100-130 min; and (7) hot rolling is carried out; the temperature is heated to 360-400 DEG C, heat preservation is carried out, then the temperature is reducedto 160-180 DEG C, and then 
air cooling is carried out. According to the preparation method, the 
raw material selection and the 
raw material proportion are reasonable, and an optimized preparation process is combined, so that the prepared 
composite material has the advantages of being good in conductive performance, high in strength, high in 
hardness, good in 
toughness and excellent in 
wear resistance.