Dependence of Magnetization Near Saturation on Alloying Content in Ferromagnetic Steel

This paper shows that there is strong dependence of saturation magnetization on the alloying content in ferromagnetic steels. This dependence was used to determine the cross-sectional areas of the commercial non-oriented and grain-oriented silicon-iron steels. The relation between magnetization near saturation and the contents of silicon and aluminum for a large number of steel samples was experimentally obtained using an air-cored magnetizing system. The influence of the approach to magnetic saturation and its use in the determination of the cross-sectional area of electrical steel strips using the saturation magnetization method was estimated. Standard deviation (SD) of cross-sectional area obtained using the saturation magnetization method was on the order of 0.14%. SD for using conventional technique was also on the similar order of ~0.11%.

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