IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications
Online ISSN : 2187-1108
Print ISSN : 2187-1094
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Evaluation of Insulating Magnetic Materials Composed of Epoxy Resin and Pure Iron Powder for Motor and Reactor Core Applications
Katsuya HirataGaku ObaraHiroshi Katsumata
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Article ID: 20012626

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The insulation and magnetic properties of epoxy composed of pure iron powders were studied as a function of iron powder volume fraction (Rꜰe) in the range of 0–70 vol% to achieve a good balance between the insulation and magnetic properties. Frequency-dependent impedance measurement revealed that the relative permittivity, εr', at 10 kHz increased from 4.2 to 278.4 with increasing Rꜰe up to 50 vol%. The loss factor, εr'', increased from 0.2 to 86.1 and the electric conductivity, σ, increased from 9.9×10-8 S/m to 4.8×10-5 S/m at 10 kHz with increasing Rꜰe up to 50 vol%. The dependence of σ on Rꜰe was explained by the equivalent serial capacitor-resistor (CR) connection model. The initial maximum relative permeability, μr_max, increased from 3.7 to 8.9 with increasing Rꜰe up to 70 vol%. These data were compared with those for the “Reference” sample which has been in practical use in industrial electric machine applications.

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