Magnetic Properties of Fe-3%Si Sheets Having Ideal Orientations

The anisotropy independent energy E sub 0 , the anisotropy constants K sub 4 and K sub 6 obtained from our previous work were applied to calculate various magnetic properties in the sample directions perpendicular to the sheet normal. The textures of Fe-3%Si steel sheets having ideal texture components were simulated by an assumption of the Gaussian orientation distribution around an ideal orientation. The samples having the prominent textures display a distinct easy direction parallel to < 100 > and hard directions parallel to < 110 > and < 111 > . Preferred orientations along the gamma -fiber texture lead to a planar isotropic magnetic properties. Enhancement of the magnetic induction was obtained in the steel sheets consisting of either the Cube texture or the alpha -fiber orientations.