Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of the High Purity Fe-3 mass%Si Alloy by Cold Crucible Levitation Melting

Abstract

Magnetic properties and mechanical properties of high purity Fe-3 mass%Si alloy by cold crucible levitation melting was investigated. The raw material of the alloy made from electrolytic iron and pure silicon with a purity of 99.99 mass% and 99.999 mass% in amount of impurities excluding Fe and Si were suppressed to 90 ppm or less. In the magnetic property, the iron loss of the alloy was reduced to a third of 35H210, a silicon steel sheet of the same Si composition commercially. This reduction shows the effect of high purity. In the magnetic domain observation, the equal behavior as magnetic properties was observed. In mechanical property, it proved that the high purity Fe-3 mass%Si alloy was easy to draw because the elongation of the alloy was higher than the commercially available silicon steel sheet.