An annealing separator for an oriented electrical steel sheet including: a first component includes a Mg oxide or a Mg hydroxide; and a second component including one kind among oxides and hydroxides of a metal selected from Al, Ti, Cu, Cr, Ni, Ca, Zn, Na, K, Mo, In, Sb, Ba, Bi, and Mn, or two or more kinds thereof.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The method comprises: hot rolling a slab to obtain a hot rolled sheet; subjecting the hot rolled sheet to hot band annealing as necessary; subjecting the hot rolled sheet to cold rolling; subjecting the cold rolled sheet to decarburization annealing; applying an annealing separator having MgO as a main component onto a surface of the decarburization annealed sheet and subjecting the decarburization annealed sheet to final annealing to form the forsterite film; and applying an insulating coating treatment liquid onto the final annealed sheet and subjecting the final annealed sheet to flattening annealing to form a tension-applying insulating coating. A difference in total tensions between one and opposite surfaces of the sheet is less than 0.5 MPa. A difference in tensions between the forsterite films in one and opposite surfaces of the sheet is 0.5 MPa or more.

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: by weight %, 2.0-4.0% of Si, 0.04-0.2% of Mn, 0.010% or less (exclusive of 0%) of N, 0.01-0.05% of Sb, 0.005% or less (exclusive of 0%) of C, 0.03-0.08% of Sn, 0.01-0.2% of Cr, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and precipitates which have an average particle size of 5-50 nm and contain at least one of AIN, (Al, Si)N, (Al, Si, Mn)N, Mns, and CuS.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, whereby it becomes possible to manufacture a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having further improved iron loss properties stably. (Solution) According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is provided, the method being characterized by comprising a re-heating step, a hot rolling step, a hot-rolled sheet annealing step, a cold rolling step, a decarburization annealing step and a final annealing step, wherein the decarburization annealing step includes a heating step of heating a cold-rolled sheet from an inlet side temperature T0° C. to a soaking temperature T2° C. and a soaking step of keeping the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet at the soaking temperature T2° C., and the heating rate HR1 from the time point when the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet is an inlet side temperature T0° C. to the time point when the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet reaches a attained temperature T1° C. is 40° C./sec or more and the heating rate HR2 from the time point when the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet is the desired temperature T1° C. to the time point when the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet reaches the soaking temperature T2° C. is more than 15° C./sec to 30° C./sec in the heating in the decarburization annealing step.

A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a glass film, and a tension-insulation coating. When a glow discharge emission spectroscopy is conducted from a surface of the glass film toward a depth direction, an analysis starting time Ts, a time T.sup.Al.sub.p at which Al shows a maximum emission intensity, an Al emission intensity F(T.sup.Al.sub.p) at the T.sup.Al.sub.p, a time T.sup.Si.sub.p at which Si shows a maximum emission intensity, and an Al emission intensity F(T.sup.Si.sub.p) at the T.sup.Si.sub.p satisfy 0.05≤F(T.sup.Si.sub.p)/F(T.sup.Al.sub.p)≤0.50 and 2.0≤(T.sup.Al.sub.p−Ts)/(T.sup.Si.sub.p−Ts)≤5.0.

[Problem] To provide a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which is further improved in terms of iron loss before magnetic domain control, while achieving a sufficient iron loss improvement effect even in the control of a heat-resistant magnetic domain where a sufficient iron loss improvement effect has not been achieved. [Solution] A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention comprises abase steel sheet and a glass coating that is formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, and is characterized in that: the base steel sheet contains as chemical components, in mass %, 0.010% or less of C, from 2.00% to 4.00% of Si, from 0.05% to 1.00% of Mn, from 0.010% to 0.065% of Al, 0.004% or less of N and 0.010% or less of S, with the balance being made up of Fe and impurities; the oxygen concentration in the glass coating and the base steel sheet is 2,500 ppm or less; and if I.sub.Al_1 is the first peak intensity of Al and I.sub.Al_2 is the second peak intensity of Al in the concentration profile of Al, the relationship of mathematical formula (1) is satisfied.

I.sub.Al_1<I.sub.Al_2   Formula (1):

Methods for forming a dual-phase magnetic component from an initial component comprising a non-magnetic austenite composition are provided. The method may include: forming a coating on a portion of the surface of the initial component to form a masked area while leaving an unmasked area thereon. Thereafter the initial component may be heated to a treatment temperature such that nitrogen diffuses out of the unmasked area of the initial component to transform the non-magnetic austenite composition to a magnetic phase in the unmasked area. Thereafter, the initial component may be cooled from the treatment temperature to form a dual-phase magnetic component having a magnetic region corresponding to the unmasked area and a non-magnetic region corresponding to the masked area.

A dual phase magnetic component, along with methods of its formation, is provided. The dual phase magnetic component may include an intermixed first region and second region formed from a single material, with the first region having a magnetic area and a diffused metal therein, and with the second region having a non-magnetic area. The second region generally has greater than 0.1 weight % of nitrogen.

Disclosed is a manufacturing method for a high silicon grain oriented electrical steel sheet, the silicon content of the high silicon grain oriented electrical steel is greater than 4 wt %, comprising the steps of: (1) performing decarburization annealing of a cold-rolled steel plate; (2) allowing high silicon alloy particles in a completely solid state to collide at a high speed with the surface of the decarburization annealed steel plate to be sprayed, thus forming a high silicon alloy coating on the surface of the steel plate to be sprayed; (3) coating a release agent and drying; and (4) annealing. The manufacturing method for the high silicon grain oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention is inexpensive, and, the high silicon grain oriented electrical steel sheet produced is of stable quality and is provided with great magnetic performance.

A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes the texture aligned with Goss orientation. In the grain oriented electrical steel sheet, when a grain size RAα.sub.C, a grain size RAβ.sub.C, and a grain size RAγ.sub.C are defined in a transverse direction C, the grain sizes satisfy RAγ.sub.C<RAα.sub.C and RAγ.sub.C<RAβ.sub.C.