Title :
Effect of Si and Al content on core loss in Fe-Si-Al powder cores
Author :
Yanagimoto, K. ; Majima, K. ; Sunada, S. ; Aikawa, Y.
Author_Institution :
Metal Powder Manuf. & Sales Dept., Sanyo Special Steel Co. Ltd., Hyogo, Japan
fDate :
5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We examined the effects of Si and Al content of Fe-Si-Al alloy powders with respect to the temperature dependence of core loss in order to find an optimum composition that achieves both negative temperature dependence of core loss and good permeability. By reducing the Si content from the 9.6 mass% of conventional Sendust alloy composition to 7.9-8.9 mass%, the temperature dependence of core loss became negative and maintained the high permeability of the Sendust powder core. The optimum composition was 8.8 mass% Si and 6.0 mass% Al, yielding a core loss value of 240 kW/m3 at 373 K, about half that of the conventional Sendust powder core.
Keywords :
aluminium alloys; iron alloys; magnetic materials; materials testing; permeability; powder cores; silicon alloys; 373 K; Fe-Si-Al; Sendust alloy; Sendust powder core; alloy powders; core loss; high permeability; negative temperature dependence; powder cores; powdered magnetic materials; Aluminum alloys; Core loss; Ferrites; Magnetic cores; Magnetic materials; Permeability; Powders; Silicon alloys; Temperature dependence; Transformer cores; Iron alloys; losses; permeability; powdered magnetic materials;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2004.826623