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Iron cored chokes are used for reducing low frequency a.c., why ?

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With iron core, coefficient of self inductance (L) increase. Therefore, `X_(L) = omega L = 2 pi v L` becomes large, even when v is low. Hence the current `I_(v) = E_(v)//X_(L)` reduces.
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