A. Solyom et al., EFFECT OF ANTIMONY ON MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES IN NONORIENTED 2.4 WT-PERCENT SI ELECTRICAL SHEETS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 30(2), 1994, pp. 931-933
Magnetic properties, microstructure and intercrystalline segregation o
f antimony were examined on 2.4 wt.% Si steels containing 0.005 to 0.0
47 wt.% Sb. The measured reduction of the total core losses in steels
containing 0.040 and 0.047 wt.% Sb has various values for chosen varia
nts of pre-annealing at 500-degrees-C and 800-degrees-C. The reduction
of losses relates to selective segregation of antimony on grain bound
aries during recrystallization.