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HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Dave G.
Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for the T37-2 and the
FT37-43 cores???

Using Google hasn't got me the data I need  ;-((


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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Paul Fletcher

Dave G. wrote
Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for the T37-2 and the
FT37-43 cores???
Try www.palomar-engineers.com (no association.

73 Paul
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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Don Wilhelm-4
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Dave,

Amidon has that information, and it is printed in th ARRL Handbook.
OR - you can download mini-Ring Core calculator (free compliments of
DL5SWB) from http://www.dl5swb.de/html/mini_ring_core_calculator.htm and
it will not only give you that information, but do many other
calculation for inductors, resonance, and tuned circuits.

73,
Don W3FPR

Dave G. wrote:

> Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for the T37-2 and the
> FT37-43 cores???
>
> Using Google hasn't got me the data I need  ;-((
>
>
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>  
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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Alan Bloom
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>From the Amidon flyer:

Iron powder mix 2: permeability = 10
T-37-2 toroid: AL = 40 uH/100 turns

Ferrite mix 43: permeability = 850
FT-37-43 toroid: AL = 420 mH/1000 turns

Al N1AL


On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 11:15, Dave G. wrote:

> Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for the T37-2 and the
> FT37-43 cores???
>
> Using Google hasn't got me the data I need  ;-((
>
>
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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Jim Brown-10
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:15:22 -0700, Dave G. wrote:

>Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for the T37-2 and
the
>FT37-43 cores???

I also suggest that you study the material on ferrites in
http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf 

The discussion of ferrites in this tutorial is considerably more
advanced than what's on the Amidon site or in ARRL publications, and
should give you a much better understanding of ferrites, how they work,
and how to use them. Tne most important thing to understand is that
permeability of ferrites is not a single number -- it varies (a LOT)
with frequency. The commonly published number is the LOW FREQUENCY
permeability. The second most important thing to realize is that
ferrites are pure inductors ONLY at low frequencies. As frequency
increases, resistance and capacitance become increasingly important,
and at high frequencies R and C dominate (to the extent that there's no
L!). When we use ferrites to wind coils for transceivers, we mostly
care about L. When we use ferrites to suppress RFI, we only want R.

Most (all?) ferrite cores sold to hams by Amidon and others are
actually made by Fair-Rite, a very good US company based in NY State.
They publish an excellent catalog that includes extensive data on all
of their products.

http://www.fair-rite.com/newfair/index.htm

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Dave G.
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Next dumb question....
What is the effect on inductance of stacki two toroids together??

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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Jack Smith-6
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One small addition to Jim's observations.

Fair-Rite changed the chemistry of its Type 43 material a couple years
ago. The new Type 43 material has much better Q (lower loss) compared
with the old version, by a factor of more than 10:1 at some frequencies.
There was also a very small change in the quoted permeability at low
frequency, from 850 in the old to 800 in the new, if I recall correctly.
Z remains relatively unchanged from old to new, but the R+jX components
of Z are different, with more jX and less R at lower frequencies.

This chemistry change is important if (a) you have an old core in the
junkbox and (b) you are planning on using it in a tuned application or a
filter. Otherwise, no.

I'm working on an article for QEX on ferrite cored inductors and
transformers but it's still some distance from being ready for submission.

Jack K8ZOA
www.cliftonlaboratories.com

Jim Brown wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:15:22 -0700, Dave G. wrote:
>
>  
>> Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for the T37-2 and
>>    
> the
>  
>> FT37-43 cores???
>>    
>
> I also suggest that you study the material on ferrites in
> http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf 
>
> The discussion of ferrites in this tutorial is considerably more
> advanced than what's on the Amidon site or in ARRL publications, and
> should give you a much better understanding of ferrites, how they work,
> and how to use them. Tne most important thing to understand is that
> permeability of ferrites is not a single number -- it varies (a LOT)
> with frequency. The commonly published number is the LOW FREQUENCY
> permeability. The second most important thing to realize is that
> ferrites are pure inductors ONLY at low frequencies. As frequency
> increases, resistance and capacitance become increasingly important,
> and at high frequencies R and C dominate (to the extent that there's no
> L!). When we use ferrites to wind coils for transceivers, we mostly
> care about L. When we use ferrites to suppress RFI, we only want R.
>
> Most (all?) ferrite cores sold to hams by Amidon and others are
> actually made by Fair-Rite, a very good US company based in NY State.
> They publish an excellent catalog that includes extensive data on all
> of their products.
>
> http://www.fair-rite.com/newfair/index.htm
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
>
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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

AJSOENKE
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This site is the manufacturer of the Ferrite materials> They are  responsible
for a major percentage of the material used by the ferrite core  
manufacturers and retailers.  There are several tutorials on a variety of  lists that
break down the relation-ship between Fair-Rite and the 2nd party  suppliers. These
usually describe the disparity in prices and availability  - basic
wholesale/retail and quantity handling issues. The part numbers you show  are the result
of the retailers part numbering.  If you know the retailers  part
number-to-material type
(i.e. I believe the FT37-43) is a toroid size - material type id) the you  
can go to the following web pages and see the material specs for all of  
Fair-Rites sizes in the various materials.
 
_www.fair-rite.com/_ (http://www.fair-rite.com/)  
 
_http://www.fair-rite.com/cgibin/catalog.pgm#select:freq3_
(http://www.fair-rite.com/cgibin/catalog.pgm#select:freq3)
 
Amidon is a retailer or "value added" supplier. This is their page for the  
FT-37-43
 
_https://www.amidoncorp.com/items/13_ (https://www.amidoncorp.com/items/13)
 
which indicates the type 43 material in a FT37 size.
 
Also, the ISO standards list will give you other mfg names which may add to  
your list.
 
BTW, I used Google for all this. Having been in the business for many years  
(Computer magnetic components and materials), I  knew of Fair-Rite by name.  I
searched using the terms  FAIRRITE first and then FT37 TOROID. The word  
TOROID is key to yielding results.
 
Good luck,  Al WA6VNN
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/12/2008 11:16:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[hidden email] writes:
Can nyone provide me with the permeability number for  the T37-2 and the
FT37-43 cores???

Using Google hasn't got me the  data I need  ;-((


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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

w9cf
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If the two are the same size, the inductance will be approximately the sum of the inductances of the separate toroids wound with the same number of turns. So for two identical cores the inductance will be about double for the same number of turns. You can see this by calculating the H field from Ampere's law making the usual assumption that the windings are equivalent to a uniform current. The magnetic field is the same as in the separate toroids. The magnetic energies then just add so the inductances add.

73 Kevin w9cf
Dave G. wrote
Next dumb question....
What is the effect on inductance of stacki two toroids together??

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Re: HELP! Permeability of Ferrite Cores...

Jim Brown-10
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:14:50 -0700 (PDT), w9cf wrote:

>If the two are the same size, the inductance will be approximately the sum of
>the inductances of the separate toroids wound with the same number of turns.
>So for two identical cores the inductance will be about double for the same
>number of turns. You can see this by calculating the H field from Ampere's
>law making the usual assumption that the windings are equivalent to a
>uniform current. The magnetic field is the same as in the separate toroids.
>The magnetic energies then just add so the inductances add.

So does the loss component (resistance) inductively coupled from the core.
There is also capacitance between turns, and from one end of the inductor to
the other through the ferrite core (the ferrite core is a dielectric).

It is a HUGE mistake to think of an inductor wound on a ferrite core as ONLY
an inductor. Most cores contribute significant resistance and capacitance at
HF. The approximate equivalent circuit of a ferrite inductor at HF and VHF is
a parallel resonant circuit of fairly low Q. For #43 and #31 materials, a Q
around 0.5 is common. For #61 material, a Q on the order of 10 is common below
10 MHz, but that Q drops with increasing frequency.  For some ferrite mixes,
the equivalent circuit is TWO parallel resonant circuits in series.

See http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf

Well below resonance, the equivalent circuit is a series R and L, and C drops
out (because Xc is much much greater than XL).

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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