Explain why the core of a transformer is made of laminated plates and not of a solid iron core ?

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Why transformer core is laminated?
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22-September-2016

PowerPlant Electrical Controls Electrical Engineering Instrumentation Transformer

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Date Posted: 2015/02/23

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This is to reduce Eddy currents in the core so that iron losses and heating of the core is reduced.

Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer

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