Production of High-Resistivity Electrical Steel Alloys by Substitution of Si with Al and Cr
- Purdue University
Fe-3Si-3Al and Fe-4Si-4Cr (wt%) experimental alloys were processed to assess the electrical resistivity and workability effects of substituting Al and Cr for Si in high-Si electrical steel alloys. The experimental alloys were made by arc melting, and processed by hot rolling and cold rolling to produce strips. Samples were characterized by means of metallography, hardness, workability and resistivity. Results showed that the two alloys could be rolled down to 200 μm thickness (90% hot rolled reduction and 80% cold rolled reduction) without crack formation in the strips. Hardness in the annealed condition and electrical resistivity were 228 HV/74 μΩ·cm and 243 HV/85 μΩ·cm, respectively, for the Fe-3Si-3Al and for Fe-4Si-4Cr alloys. The resistivity measured for Fe-4Si-4Cr was higher than the resistivity reported for the benchmark high-Si alloy, Fe-6.5Si. Both experimental alloys showed improvement on the workability compared to Fe-6.5Si since there was no edge cracking on the cold-rolled strips up to 80% percent reduction, and the hardness was approximately 35% lower.
- Research Organization:
- Purdue University
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0007868
- OSTI ID:
- 1890400
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-PURDUE-0007868
- Journal Information:
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings, Journal Name: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings; ISSN 2367-1181
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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