11.2: Permeability of Some Common Materials
Iron exhibits (mu_r) that is very high, but which decreases with decreasing purity. 99.95% pure iron exhibits (mu_rsim 200,000). This decreases to (sim 5000) at 99.8% purity and is typically below 100 for purity less than 99%. Steel is an iron alloy that comes in many forms, with a correspondingly broad range of permeabilities.