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Electrical steel
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<p>Electrical steel (E-steel, lamination steel, silicon electrical steel, silicon steel, relay steel, transformer steel) is speciality <a href="/facts/Steel/aN6qWo4H">steel</a> used in the cores of electromagnetic devices such as <a href="/facts/Engine/p0m7aXaW">motors</a>, <a href="/facts/Electric_generator/5sATsUGX">generators</a>, and <a href="/facts/Transformer/EYYfXWrF">transformers</a> because it reduces power loss. It is an <a href="/facts/Iron/QK1JYy8E">iron</a> alloy with <a href="/facts/Silicon/cgWx0hdr">silicon</a> as the main additive element (instead of carbon). </p>