High carbon steel wire rod and preparation method thereof

The invention relates to a high carbon steel wire rod with tensile strength of more than 1,200 MPa and surface shrinkage of more than 35 percent and a preparation method thereof. The high carbon steel wire rod comprises the base components of C, Si, Mn, Cr and the like, selective components of Ni, Cu, Al, B, Ti, Nb, Mo and the like, and the balance of Fe and impurities. The preparation method comprises the following procedures of smelting, casting, rolling and cooling control sequentially, wherein the rolling-starting temperature of the rolling procedure is controlled between 1,000 DEG C and 1,100 DEG C, the spinning temperature is 870-930 DEG C, the cooling controlling procedure is carried out by adopting Steyr cooling control, rapid cooling is adopted before the phase change and at the earlier stage of the phase change, and the slow cooling is adopted at the later stage of the phase change. The high carbon steel wire rod has excellent mechanical performance, less alloy elements and low cost; and meanwhile, the preparation method is realized by only less adjusting the prior production process of the high carbon steel wire rod without nearly adding any production cost.