Evaluation of the Relationship between Crystallographic Texture and Magnetic Properties through the Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy Coefficient

Abstract

It is well known that iron has a magnetocrystalline anisotropy and, therefore, the crystallographic texture has great influence on its magnetic properties. In most applications of non-oriented grain electrical steels, it is desirable that the magnetic properties are isotropic. In this work, modern quantitative texture analysis methods are used to characterize the crystallographic textures of many types of non-oriented grain electrical steels and their relation with the magnetic properties. The magnetocrystalline anisotropy coefficient is the parameter of texture analysis that is directly related to the magnetic properties. This paper analyzes the correlation between the magnetic properties of electrical steels with 3 wt.% to 5 wt.% silicon and their magnetocrystalline anisotropy coefficients.