Silicon steel ke tšepe e khethehileng ea motlakase, e tsejoang hape e le silicon steel sheet. E entsoe ka silicon le tšepe, litaba tsa silicon hangata li pakeng tsa 2% le 4.5%. Silicon tšepe e na le matla a tlase a matla a khoheli le ho hanyetsa, le ho hanyetsa ho phahameng le ho kenella ha matla a khoheli. Mehaho ena e etsa hore tšepe ea silicon e be sesebelisoa sa bohlokoa lisebelisoa tsa motlakase tse kang li-motor, lijenereithara le li-transformer.
Litšobotsi tse ka sehloohong tsa tšepe ea silicon ke matla a fokolang a matla a khoheli le matla a phahameng a matla a motlakase, a nolofalletsang ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea hona joale ea eddy le tahlehelo ea Joule mokokotlong oa tšepe. Silicon steel e boetse e na le induction e phahameng ea makenete, e e etsang hore e khone ho mamella matla a matla a matla a khoheli ntle le ho tlala matla a khoheli.
Tšebeliso ea tšepe ea silicon e tsepamisitsoe haholo-holo tšimong ea lisebelisoa tsa matla. Ka koloing, tšepe ea silicon e sebelisoa ho etsa mokokotlo oa tšepe oa enjene ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea hajoale ea eddy le tahlehelo ea Joule le ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso ea enjene. Ka lijenereithara le li-transformer, tšepe ea silicon e sebelisoa ho etsa li-cores tsa tšepe ho eketsa induction ea matla a khoheli le ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea matla.
Ka kakaretso, tšepe ea silicon ke thepa ea bohlokoa ea motlakase e nang le matla a matla a khoheli le litšobotsi tsa ho hanyetsa. E sebelisoa haholo lefapheng la lisebelisoa tsa matla ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso le ts'ebetso ea lisebelisoa