Correlation of titanium content and core loss in non-oriented electrical steel sheets

Abstract

In this study the correlation between the titanium content of steel and the core loss of non-oriented electrical steel sheets was determined. The core loss and titanium content of steel have a weak, but positive, correlation. The core loss was found to increase with an increasing titanium content. The study included a statistical analysis of an industrial data set and a metallographic analysis of the titanium inclusions. The analyzed titanium inclusions in the electrical steel sheets containing 0,006 mas.% Ti and 0,008 mas.% Ti were complex oxycarbonitrides, complex TiC and complex Ti(C,N).

Keywords

• titanium
• correlation
• core loss
• non-oriented electrical steel sheet