What is Permalloy Core?

Permalloy usually refers to an iron-nickel alloy with a nickel content in the range of 30~90%. It is a widely used soft magnetic alloy.

Through appropriate processes, magnetic properties can be effectively controlled, such as an initial magnetic permeability of more than 105, a large magnetic permeability of more than 106, a coercive force as low as 2‰ Oersted, and a rectangular coefficient close to 1 or close to 0. Permalloy with a face-centered cubic crystal structure has good plasticity and can be processed into 1μm ultra-thin strips and various usage forms. Commonly used alloys include 1J50, 1J79, 1J85, etc. The saturation magnetic induction intensity of 1J50 is slightly lower than that of silicon steel, but the magnetic permeability is dozens of times higher than that of silicon steel, and the iron loss is 2~3 times lower than that of silicon steel.

It is made into a transformer with a higher frequency (400~8000Hz) and a small no-load current, which is suitable for making small high-frequency transformers below 100W. 1J79 has good comprehensive performance and is suitable for high-frequency low-voltage transformers, leakage protection switch cores, common-mode inductor cores and current transformer cores. The initial magnetic permeability of 1J85 can reach more than 100,000 105, which is suitable for low-frequency or high-frequency input and output transformers, common-mode inductors and high-precision current transformers for weak signals.