In this work, we studied the anisotropy of the magnetic proper-ties of a 2%
silicon steel. Permeability, core losses, remanence and coercivity were an
alyzed in Epstein strips cut at 0 degrees, 15 degrees, 30 degrees, 45 degre
es, 60 degrees, 75 degrees and 90 degrees from the rolling direction. Coerc
ive force monotonically increased from 0 degrees to 90 degrees, accompanied
with a remanence decrease. On the other hand,. a minimum in B-50 and B-25
was observed between 45 degrees and 60 degrees. This behavior can be explai
ned by the steel sheet crystallographic texture, that shows a strong (110)
[001] component, which develops the best properties in rolling direction (0
01) and is worse at 54 degrees, where < 111 > lies. Losses behavior is more
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