Crystalline soft magnetic materials

Crystalline soft magnetic materials" are the subject of three dossiers [D 2 121], [D 2 122] and [D 2 123] . The present dossier [D 2 121] introduces the basics of magnetism and metallurgy applied to crystalline ferromagnetic metallic materials, necessary for understanding the various phenomena affecting these materials in their electrotechnical applications. In particular, this dossier focuses on the quantities and mechanisms linking physical and metallurgical characteristics to macroscopic magnetic quantities, relevant to the design and analysis of electromagnetic devices. On this basis, the following dossiers review the main fields of application of interest to these materials, with a view to assisting in the choice of materials [D 2 122] , as well as the different families of soft crystalline materials [D 2 123] .