I-Silicon steel iyinsimbi ekhethekile kagesi, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-silicon steel sheet. Yakhiwe nge-silicon nensimbi, okuqukethwe kwe-silicon ngokuvamile kuphakathi kuka-2% no-4.5%. Insimbi ye-silicon inokufinyeleleka okuphansi kazibuthe kanye nokumelana, kanye nokumelana okuphezulu nokungeniswa kokugcwala kozibuthe. Lezi zakhiwo zenza insimbi ye-silicon ibe isicelo esibalulekile ezintweni zikagesi ezifana namamotho, amajeneretha nama-transformer.
Izici eziyinhloko ze-silicon steel ziwukufinyeleleka okuphansi kazibuthe kanye nokumelana nogesi okuphezulu, okuyenza ikwazi ukunciphisa ukulahlekelwa kwamanje kwe-eddy kanye nokulahlekelwa kwe-Joule ku-iron core. Insimbi ye-Silicon iphinde ibe nokungeniswa kokugcwala kukazibuthe okuphezulu, okuyenza ikwazi ukumelana namandla kazibuthe aphezulu ngaphandle kokugcwala kukazibuthe.
Ukusetshenziswa kwensimbi ye-silicon kugxile kakhulu emkhakheni wemishini yamandla. Emotweni, insimbi ye-silicon isetshenziselwa ukwenza umongo wensimbi wenjini ukunciphisa ukulahleka kwamanje kwe-eddy kanye nokulahleka kwe-Joule futhi kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle kwenjini. Kumajeneretha nama-transformer, insimbi ye-silicon isetshenziselwa ukwenza ama-iron cores ukukhulisa ukungeniswa kokugcwala kwamagnetic kanye nokunciphisa ukulahleka kwamandla.
Ngokuvamile, insimbi ye-silicon iyinto ebalulekile kagesi enokufinyeleleka okuhle kakhulu kazibuthe nezici zokumelana. Isetshenziswa kabanzi emkhakheni wemishini yamandla ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle nokusebenza kwemishini