Explain how energy losses in a transformer are reduced by having:

      

Explain how energy losses in a transformer are reduced by having:
(i) A soft-iron core-
(ii) A laminated core

  

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John
(i) A soft-iron core reduces losses due to hystesis i.e. the soft iron is easily magnetized and demagnetized.

(ii) A laminated core reduces losses due to eddy currents. The core cuts off the loops of each current reducing them considerably.
johnmulu answered the question on February 20, 2017 at 04:56


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