The invention discloses a gold-
copper-
nickel alloy, a preparation method and applications thereof. The gold-
copper-
nickel alloy consists of, by weight, 15-60% of Cu, 1-5% of Ni, with the balance being Au. The preparation method comprises the following steps: in accordance with the above-mentioned weight percentage ranges, the high-purity gold,
oxygen-free
copper and high-purity
nickel materials are weighed up; the raw materials are put in a
graphite crucible in a vacuum
continuous casting machine in order; the
continuous casting machine is vacuumized, heated and filled with
argon when all materials are melted, then the materials begin to be operated by drawing
casting; the obtained wires by drawing
casting have a
diameter of 8mm; and the size of the finished product is achieved by further drawing operation. The gold-copper-
nickel alloy in the invention is widely used as solder for an electric vacuum device, and can be used as light-load electrical contact material, winding material and slidding-ring material. Compared with the gold-
copper alloy, nickel element is added in the gold-copper-
nickel alloy in the invention, which avoids ordered phase transformation, enables the material to be easy to process, and raises the
welding quality when the
alloy used as solder.