[TheForge] pure iron wire?

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Related musing.....the laminated cores of transformers are supposed to 
> be pretty pure iron so that they lose their magnetism when the current 
> shuts off.
> I've hacked some transformers up with my bandsaw and come out with 
> stacks of little plates....maybe i'll cut some strips of that stuff 
> and see how it welds.
> Similarly, it ought to be possible to use those plates as elements in 
> pattern welding billets...or just forge weld the transformer plate 
> core into a solid piece of pure iron.
> Does this seem right?.....pete f
>
Modern laminated cores are generally silicon steel.  One of the reasons 
motors and transformers have gotten smaller.

Charles