Dependence of the power losses of a non-oriented 3% Si-steel on frequency and gauge

The power losses of a non-oriented 3% Si-steel rolled to gauges between 0.05 and 2 mm and heat-treated thereafter have been measured under sinusoidal polarizations at frequencies between 15 Hz and 10 kHz. The losses were analysed using a loss separation model based on statistical theory. For the thick samples the skin effect caused the model to fail above a certain frequency, while for the very thin samples the model seems to describe the losses well at all frequencies studied.