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Electrical steel

Also called silicon steel, grain-oriented electrical steel, GOES, non-oriented electrical steel, NOES

Steel with ≈3% silicon, rolled into thin sheets that cut energy loss in transformer and motor cores. Grain-oriented grades suit transformers; non-oriented grades suit motors.

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