Grain-oriented electrical steel (Goss)
Acero eléctrico de grano orientado (Goss)
- Date
- 1933-1934 · confidence high
- Place
- Youngstown, Ohio, United States
- Credited to
- Norman P. Goss
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A cold-rolling and annealing process that aligns the grains of silicon steel along the direction of magnetic flux, greatly lowering core losses. It became the material of every power transformer.
What it led to
- high-efficiency power transformers
- lower grid losses
- insulation-coated grain-oriented steels (1960s)