When a non-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by hot rolling a slab containing, by mass %, C: not more than 0.0050%, Si: 1.5-5.0%, Mn: 0.20-3.0%, sol. Al: not more than 0.0050%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not more than 0.0050% and N: not more than 0.0040% to form a hot rolled sheet, cold rolling the hot rolled sheet without conducting a hot band annealing and then subjecting to a finish annealing, a compositional ratio of CaO in oxide-based inclusions existing in the slab defined by CaO/(SiO.sub.2+Al.sub.2O.sub.3+CaO) is set to not less than 0.4 and/or a compositional ratio of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 defined by Al.sub.2O.sub.3/(SiO.sub.2+Al.sub.2O.sub.3+CaO) is set to not less than 0.3, and a coiling temperature in the hot rolling is set to not lower than 650° C.

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes C: 0 to 0.0050 mass %, Si: 0.50 to 2.70 mass %, Mn: 0.10 to 3.00 mass %, Al: 1.00 to 2.70 mass %, and P: 0.050 to 0.100 mass %. In the non-oriented electrical steel sheet, Al/(Si+Al+0.5×Mn) is 0.50 to 0.83, Si+Al/2+Mn/4+5×P is 1.28 to 3.90, Si+Al+0.5×Mn is 4.0 to 7.0, the ratio of the intensity of {100} plane I{100} to the intensity of {111} plane I{111} is 0.50 to 1.40, the specific resistance is 60.0×10.sup.−8 Ω.Math.m or higher at room temperature, and the thickness is 0.05 mm to 0.40 mm.

Provided is an oriented electrical steel sheet including a groove existing on the surface of the electrical steel sheet and a forsterite layer formed on a part or all of the surface of the electrical steel sheet, in which forsterite which is extended from the forsterite layer and penetrates to a base steel sheet in an anchor form is present on the surface of the side of the groove.

Provided is an oriented electrical steel sheet including a groove existing on the surface of the electrical steel sheet and a forsterite layer formed on a part or all of the surface of the electrical steel sheet, in which forsterite which is extended from the forsterite layer and penetrates to a base steel sheet in an anchor form is present on the surface of the side of the groove.

An oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, in a unit of wt %, Si at 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt %, C at 0.005 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), Mn at 0.001 wt % to 0.1 wt %, Cu at 0.001 wt % to 0.1 wt %, S at 0.001 wt % to 0.020 wt %, Se at 0.001 wt % to 0.050 wt %, Al at 0.0005 wt % to 0.010 wt %, N at 0.0005 wt % to 0.005 wt %, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities.

The oriented electrical steel sheet according to the embodiment of the present invention satisfies Equation 1.

16≤(10×[Mn]+[Cu])/([S]+[Se])+(0.02−[Al])/[N]≤20  [Equation 1]

(In Equation 1, [Mn], [Cu], [S], [Se], [Al], and [N] represent contents (wt %) of Mn, Cu, S, Se, Al, and N, respectively.)

A method of production non grain-oriented Fe—Si steel sheet is provided. The method includes the steps of melting a steel composition that contains in weight percentage: C≤0.006, 2.0≤Si≤5.0, 0.1≤Al≤3.0, 0.1≤Mn≤3.0, N≤0.006, 0.04≤Sn≤0.2, S≤0.005, P≤0.2, Ti≤0.01, the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities, casting said melt into a slab, reheating said slab, hot rolling said slab, coiling said hot rolled steel, optionally annealing the hot rolled steel, cold rolling, annealing and cooling the cold rolled steel down to room temperature.

A method of production non grain-oriented Fe—Si steel sheet is provided. The method includes the steps of melting a steel composition that contains in weight percentage: C≤0.006, 2.0≤Si≤5.0, 0.1≤Al≤3.0, 0.1≤Mn≤3.0, N≤0.006, 0.04≤Sn≤0.2, S≤0.005, P≤0.2, Ti≤0.01, the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities, casting said melt into a slab, reheating said slab, hot rolling said slab, coiling said hot rolled steel, optionally annealing the hot rolled steel, cold rolling, annealing and cooling the cold rolled steel down to room temperature.

An object of the present invention is to provide magnesium oxide for an annealing separator which is useful for obtaining grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheets with excellent magnetic properties and insulating properties. To resolve the above object, an aspect of the present invention resides in magnesium oxide for an annealing separator which has a BET specific surface area of 12.0×10.sup.3 to 25.0×10.sup.3 m.sup.2.Math.kg.sup.−1 and a Blaine specific surface area of 2.0×10.sup.3 to 7.0×10.sup.3 m.sup.2.Math.kg.sup.−1.

An object of the present invention is to provide magnesium oxide for an annealing separator which is useful for obtaining grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheets with excellent magnetic properties and insulating properties. To resolve the above object, an aspect of the present invention resides in magnesium oxide for an annealing separator which has a BET specific surface area of 12.0×10.sup.3 to 25.0×10.sup.3 m.sup.2.Math.kg.sup.−1 and a Blaine specific surface area of 2.0×10.sup.3 to 7.0×10.sup.3 m.sup.2.Math.kg.sup.−1.

Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having better transformer iron loss property than conventional grain-oriented electrical steel sheets. A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: a steel substrate; a forsterite film on a surface of the steel substrate; and a Cr-depleted layer at a boundary between the steel substrate and the forsterite film, the Cr-depleted layer having a Cr concentration that is 0.70 times to 0.90 times a Cr concentration of the steel substrate.