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Chapter 1
Eg: soft iron, cast-steel, cast-iron & ferro-cobalt (alloy of 15% Cobalt
and 65% of iron)
Electrical sheets materials
Early days : Sheets materials used for the magnetic ckts of electrical
machines & cores of transformer was iron with low content of carbon
and other impurities
Fibrous materials of (class-A) are commonly used for both air cooled
and oil-cooled transformers.
High grade asbestos paper tape (class B) is used in air cooled
transformer of portable welders & in aircraft so as to reduce weight.
cotton or oiled cambric is used for taping the coils of air-cooled
transformers, the coils being impregnated after taping.
Pressboard or presspaper is used as spacers, packing between coils,
barriers between coils and tank…….etc….
Cellulose
Varnished paper/ varnish tape
Varnish fiber glass
Asbestos
Mica
Transformer Oil