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Permalloy, trademark of the Western Electric Company for nickel-iron alloys having much higher magnetic permeability than iron alone. It is widely used for fabricating the thin pieces that are laminated to form transformer cores. The proportion of nickel may range from 35 to 90 percent, depending on the properties desired, and is about 78 percent for low-power transformers. Hipernik (trademark of the Westinghouse Electric Company) is an alloy of 50 percent nickel useful for high-power transformers. Heating Permalloy containing 5 percent molybdenum in pure hydrogen yields Supermalloy, with even higher permeability.

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