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'Iron losses' is the name given to the combination of hysteresis losses and eddy-current losses, which occur in the core of a transformer.

Hysteresis losses are energy losses associated with the continual magnetisation and demagnetisation of the core, as characterised by the core's B-H* loop -the larger the area of this loop, the greater the losses.

Eddy-current losses are energy losses due to circulating currents resulting from voltages induced into the core by the windings.

[*B = flux density expressed in teslas; H = magnetic field strength expressed in amperes per metre.]

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