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    The document discusses different types of inductors classified by their core material. It describes air-core inductors which have no magnetic core, iron-core inductors which contain ferromagnetic materials like iron or ferrite, toroidal inductors which are wound in a circular ring shape, laminated core inductors which use thin stacked steel sheets to reduce eddy currents, and powdered iron core inductors which contain magnetic materials with air gaps. The core material affects the inductance and losses incurred in each type of inductor.

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    The document discusses different types of inductors classified by their core material. It describes air-core inductors which have no magnetic core, iron-core inductors which contain ferromagnetic materials like iron or ferrite, toroidal inductors which are wound in a circular ring shape, laminated core inductors which use thin stacked steel sheets to reduce eddy currents, and powdered iron core inductors which contain magnetic materials with air gaps. The core material affects the inductance and losses incurred in each type of inductor.

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    The document discusses different types of inductors classified by their core material. It describes air-core inductors which have no magnetic core, iron-core inductors which contain ferromagnetic materials like iron or ferrite, toroidal inductors which are wound in a circular ring shape, laminated core inductors which use thin stacked steel sheets to reduce eddy currents, and powdered iron core inductors which contain magnetic materials with air gaps. The core material affects the inductance and losses incurred in each type of inductor.

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    The document discusses different types of inductors classified by their core material. It describes air-core inductors which have no magnetic core, iron-core inductors which contain ferromagnetic materials like iron or ferrite, toroidal inductors which are wound in a circular ring shape, laminated core inductors which use thin stacked steel sheets to reduce eddy currents, and powdered iron core inductors which contain magnetic materials with air gaps. The core material affects the inductance and losses incurred in each type of inductor.

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    Inductors are available in different shapes and has different uses.


    Their sizes vary depending upon the material used to manufacture
    them. The main classification is done as fixed and variable inductors.
    An inductor of few Henries may be in a dumbbell shape at the size of
    a simple resistor. A fixed inductor always has silver as its first color in
    color coding.

    The Core of the Inductor is its heart. There are many types of
    Inductors according to the core material used. Let us have a look at a
    few of them.

    Air-core Inductor

    The commonly seen inductor, with a simple winding is this air-Core


    Inductor. This has nothing but air as the core material. The non-
    magnetic materials like plastic and ceramic are also used as core
    materials and they also come under this air-core Inductors. The
    following image shows various air-core inductors.

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    These Inductors offer a minimum signal loss at the applications


    having a very high magnetic field strength. Also, there exists no core
    losses as there is no solid core material.

    Iron-Core Inductor

    These Inductors have Ferromagnetic materials, such as ferrite or


    iron, as the core material. The usage of such core materials helps in
    the increase of inductance, due to their high magnetic permeability.
    Permeability measures the ability of supporting the formation of
    magnetic fields within the materials. The following image shows how
    an Iron-core Inductor looks like −

    The inductors that have ferromagnetic core materials just like these,
    suffer from core losses and energy losses at high frequencies. These
    Inductors are used in the manufacture of few types of transformers.

    Toroidal Inductors

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    These Inductors have a magnetic material as the core substance to


    which the wire is wound. These are in circular ring shape, just as
    shown in the following figure.

    The main advantage of this type of inductors is that, due to the


    circular shape, symmetry is achieved in the whole shape of the
    inductor, due to which there are minimum losses in the magnetic flux.
    These inductors are mostly used in AC circuit applications.

    Laminated Core Inductors

    These are the inductors that have laminated thin steel sheets, such
    as stacks, as the core materials. Usually for an inductor, if the loop
    area is increased for the current to travel, the energy losses will be
    more. Whereas, in these laminated core Inductors, thin steel sheets
    of stacks are helpful in blocking the eddy currents, which minimize
    the loop action.

    The following figure shows an image of a laminated core inductor.

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    The main advantage of these inductors is minimizing the energy loss


    with its construction. These laminated core inductors are mostly used
    in the manufacture of transformers.

    Powdered Iron Core Inductors

    As the name implies, the core of these inductors have magnetic


    materials with some air gaps in it. But this kind of construction
    provides an advantage to the core, to store high level of energy
    compared with the other types. The following figure shows an image
    of a Powdered Iron core Inductor.

    These inductors provide very low eddy current losses and hysteresis
    losses. These are available at lowest prices and have very good
    inductance stability.

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