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Thermochemical Treatment of Anisotropic Electrical Steel

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Formation of an electric insulating coating on anisotropic electrical steel under progressive multistage thermochemical treatment applied in different stages of production of the material, i.e., decarburizing annealing, deposition of heat-resistant coating and high-temperature annealing, deposition of an alumophosphate coating with final heat treatment, is studied.

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  1. The study was performed using the equipment of the laboratory for structural methods of analysis and properties of materials and nanomaterials of the Collective Use Center of the Ural Federal University.

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The work has been performed with financial support by decree No. 211 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Contract No. 02.A03.21.0006, and within a state assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Project No. 11.1465.2014/K.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 11, pp. 28 – 35, November, 2016.

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Lobanov, M.L., Yurovskikh, A.S. Thermochemical Treatment of Anisotropic Electrical Steel. Met Sci Heat Treat 58, 667–673 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-017-0076-2

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