Intsimbi yesilicon yintsimbi ekhethekileyo yombane, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-silicon steel sheet. Ihlanganiswe ne-silicon kunye nentsimbi, umxholo we-silicon udla ngokuba phakathi kwe-2% kunye ne-4.5%. Intsimbi yeSilicon inobunewunewu obuphantsi bemagnethi kunye nokumelana, kunye nokumelana okuphezulu kunye nokungeniswa kwemagnethi. Ezi zakhiwo zenza intsimbi ye-silicon ibe sisicelo esibalulekileyo kwizixhobo zombane ezifana neenjini, iijeneretha kunye neziguquli.
Iimpawu eziphambili zensimbi ye-silicon yi-permeability ephantsi yamagnetic kunye ne-resistivity ephezulu yombane, eyenza ukunciphisa ilahleko yangoku ye-eddy kunye nokulahlekelwa kwe-Joule kwi-iron core. Intsimbi yeSilicon ikwanayo nemagnethi ephezulu yokuzaliswa, iyenza ikwazi ukumelana namandla emagnethi aphezulu ngaphandle kokuzaliswa yimagnethi.
Ukusetyenziswa kwentsimbi ye-silicon kugxininiswe kakhulu kwintsimi yezixhobo zamandla. Kwimotor, intsimbi yesilicon isetyenziselwa ukwenza umbindi wentsimbi yemoto ukunciphisa ilahleko yangoku ye-eddy kunye nokulahleka kweJoule kunye nokuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kwemoto. Kwiijenereyitha kunye neziguquli, intsimbi ye-silicon isetyenziselwa ukwenza iintsimbi zentsimbi ukunyusa ukufakwa kwamagnetic saturation kunye nokunciphisa ukulahleka kwamandla.
Ngokubanzi, intsimbi yesilicon yimathiriyeli ebalulekileyo yombane enokugqwesa kakhulu kumagnethi kunye neempawu zokumelana. Isetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwintsimi yezixhobo zamandla ukuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokusebenza kwezixhobo