APPENDIX

SELECTED MAGNETIC
STEEL DATA

lists some performance data for selected materials. It should

be understood that these materials were not selected for any reason other than
availability within the authors laboratory. The data listed are intended for use in
educational design examples. Table C.1 lists mass density that was measured by
volumetric and mass measurements on toroidal samples. It also suggests a maximum
allowed ux density. This is based on the point where the absolute relative permeability drops to 1000. Table C.2 lists the data that characterize the mB function
described in Chapter 2. This data was taken from Shane and Sudhoff [1] using the
procedure and apparatus described therein. The corresponding BH characteristics of
the materials are depicted in Figure C.1. It should be understood that steel grades
have performance which is a function of history and processing. Thus, not all M19
steel has the same magnetic characteristics.
HIS APPENDIX

2.5
Hiperco 50

2.0

B, T

M47

M19

1.5

M36
M43

1.0

0.5

0.0

Figure C.1

100

200

300

400

500 600
H, A/m

700

800

900

1000

BH characteristics of selected steels.

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APPENDIX C

TABLE C.1 Silicon Steel Data

Material:
r (kg/m3):
Bmxa (T):

M19
7402
1.39

M36
7018
1.34

M43
7291
1.39

M47
7585
1.49

Hiperco50
7845
2.07

TABLE C.2 Silicon Steel mB Data

mr

ak

bk

gk

M19

32686

M36

26673

M43

24892

M47

9875

0.098611
0.0014823
0.001435
0.001435
0.22599
0.043195
0.031118
0.0043748
0.072885
0.0039565
0.0025477
0.001
0.050919
0.03933
0.001
0.001
0.43708
0.0003068
0.00026279
0.00024516

69.73973
1.949541
162.2767
3.598553
271.8443
97.31738
42.29465
0.8058081
33.9743
1.14108
3.37941
48.9292
18.03839
20.61242
0.9336389
115.8623
17.13367
2.139356
163.4348
1.476588

1.399
2.1619
1.2475
2.0377
1.35065
10
1.32415
5.38168
1.4138
4.2848
9.9998
1.4731
1.5613
3.3712
5.2715
1.3996
2.2836
1.3692
1.6772
3.494

Material

Hyperco50

43372

TABLE C.3 Silicon Steel MSE Parameters (Bb = 1T, fb = 1 Hz)

Material:
Gauge:
Thickness (mm):
r (mW-cm):
k h (W/m3):
a:
b:
k e (Am/V):

M19
26
0.66
52
50.7
1.34
1.82
2.65
102

M36
26
0.66
44
64.1
1.34
1.80
4.05
102

M43
26
0.66
42
85.0
1.28
1.75
4.14
102

M47
26
0.66
30
149
1.26
1.69
26.1
102

Hiperco50
29
0.33
41
74.5
1.08
1.86
3.02
102

REFERENCE
1. G. M. Shane and S. D. Sudhoff, Renements in anhysteretic characterization and permeability modeling,
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 38343843, 2010.