Inventors:
Clarence L. Miller - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
H01F 104
Abstract:
A process for producing silicon steel having a cube-on-edge orientation and a permeability of at least 1850 (G/O. sub. e) at 10 oersteds, which includes the steps of: preparing a melt of steel consisting essentially of, by weight, up to 0. 07% carbon, from 2. 6 to 4. 0% silicon, from 0. 03 to 0. 24% manganese, from 0. 01 to 0. 09% of material from the group consisting of sulfur and selenium, at least one element from the group consisting of aluminum in an amount of from 0. 015 to 0. 04% and boron in an amount of up to 0. 0035%, up to 0. 02% nitrogen, up to 0. 5% copper, balance iron; casting the steel, hot rolling the steel, cold rolling the steel, decarburizing the steel, coating the steel with a base coating containing a nitrogen-bearing compound from the group consisting of (NH. sub. 4). sub. 2 SO. sub. 4, Fe(NO. sub. 3). sub. 3, Al(NO. sub. 3). sub. 3, Mg(NO. sub. 3). sub. 2 and Zn(NO. sub. 3). sub. 2, and final texture annealing the steel.