Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / ranjith

t/f core is made up of silicon steel which is having low
value of steinmetz constant.this helps in the reduction of
the hysterisis losses considerably.

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / vinothbabu.k

cold rold grain oriented material....to minimize loss in tr
like eddy current,hysterise loss

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / vikramsenareddy

crgo is used as core in transformers to reduce iron and
frequency losses. but now a days Ampourpose is using as a
core. b'coz its thickness is very less compared to crgo and
core losses also compared to less. but little more costly.

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / swapnil

Transformers for use at power or audio frequencies
typically have cores made of high permeability silicon
steel. The steel has a permeability many times that of free
space, and the core thus serves to greatly reduce the
magnetising current .

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / ashok mishra

it is made up of silicon steel stampings of approx. 3mm to reduse iron and core losses

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / mahaboob

T/F core is made up of crgo steel. beause it has good
permeability copared to other material. it's value is 1.2

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / brijesh

Transformar cor is made of The lemittion of selicon steel
or jermeniyam steel to decreeas the iron losses in the
transformar

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / pruthviabbur

transformer core is made up mainly by iron.viz it it
supports for magnetic path and for current also.

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / monalisa rout

softiron because it reduces eddy current loss

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Transformer's core is made up of which material and why so?..

Answer / asheesh aswal

IRON

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