Improvement in the process for the production of steel eletromagnetico to silicon which has a pattern of cube on edge; and the silicon steel with the stance of cube on edge

摘要

A process for producing electromagnetic silicon steel having a cube-on-edge orientation and a permeability of at least 1870 (G/Oe) at 10 oersteds. The process includes the steps of: preparing a melt of silicon steel containing from 0.02 to 0.06% carbon, from 0.0006 to 0.0080% boron, up to 0.0100% nitrogen, no more than 0.008% aluminum and from 2.5 to 4.0% silicon; casting said steel; hot rolling said steel; cold rolling said steel to a thickness no greater than 0.020 inch; recrystallizing the cold rolled steel at a temperature between 1300 DEG and 1550 DEG F in a hydrogen-bearing atmosphere having a dew point of from +50 DEG to +150 DEG F; decarburizing said steel to a carbon level below 0.005%; applying a refractory oxide base coating to said steel; and final texture annealing said steel. The steel is heated to said temperature range of between 1300 DEG and 1550 DEG F at a heating rate of at least 1500 DEG F per minute and held within said temperature range for a period of at least 30 seconds.