Which of the following types of steel is used to make the core of a transformer?

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Transformer

A transformer is a device that is used to increase or decrease the supply voltage without a change in the frequency of AC between circuits.
There are usually two coils primary coil and a secondary coil on the transformer core.
The core of a transformer is made up of silicon steel. The resistance of the core should be increased to hysteresis losses. Therefore by adding 3% silicon to the iron core, the hysteresis loss is reduced.
The core laminations are joined in the form of strips. The eddy current loss is minimized by using the thin core of lamination.