Electromagnetic Materials

Updates to the Electromagnetic Materials data table, part of the Advanced Materials – Electromagnetics data bundle.

The Electromagnetic Materials data table provides information on materials used for low frequency and high frequency electromagnetic applications. Includes printed circuit board materials (prepreg, core and laminate), soft magnetic alloys, permanent magnets and EM shielding/absorbing materials.

Note: Data compiled from multiple sources and licensed for distribution by ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS, Inc. provides no warranty for this data.
Data provided from Z-Zero has been updated to include the latest data for PCBs, as well as data provided from material producers covering soft magnets, permanent magnets and PCBs, which brings the total number of records to over 14000 records. This update includes:
  • Added over 690 records from Voestalpine. These are soft magnet materials, specifically non grain oriented electrical steels. The new records include initial magnetization and core loss curves as well as physical, mechanical, thermal, and electrical point data. Over 160 of these records contain initial magnetization curves with high frequency data above 1000Hz which is critical for accurate core loss and saturation modeling in high-frequency applications such as motors, transformers, and inductors​.
  • Added 8 records from Proterial. These are soft magnet materials, specifically ferrite cores. The new records include initial magnetization and core loss curves as well as physical, mechanical, thermal, and electrical point data. 5 of these records contain high frequency core loss data above or at 1MHz.
  • Added over 20 records from Electron Energy. These are permanent magnet materials, specifically samarium cobalt magnets. The new records include demagnetization curves at various temperatures as well as physical, mechanical, thermal, and electrical point data. 5 of these records are ultra-high temperature grades for use up to 550°C which are important to avoid dropping of residual flux density and coercivity and therefore of high relevance in jet engines, turbines, electric motors, and high temperature sensors. In addition, 9 of the records are temperature compensated grades for use down to -100°C which are important for use at low temperatures in applications such as satellites, cryogenic sensors, and aircrafts.
  • Added 7 records from Shin-Etsu. These are permanent magnet materials, specifically neodymium magnets. The new records include demagnetization curves at various temperatures as well as physical, mechanical, thermal, and electrical point data.
  • New PCB grades from Ventec.
  • New data for copper foil type and roughness for many PCBs.
  • New thicknesses and constructions (glass weave styles) for some existing PCB grades, including ITEQ | IT-988GSE which has data up to 77GHz.