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Toroid Materials

Ferrite and iron-powder toroid core mixes — color codes, frequency ranges and uses (wideband, power, RFI) by material.

ToroidMaterials
Material
Code
Color
Code
Temp
Stability
(ppm / °C)
Usage
(Wideband)
Usage
(Power)
Usage (RFI
Suppression)
0Blue/Clear0150 kHz - 3 MHz
1Blue/Clear280150 kHz - 3 MHz
2Red/Clear95250 kHz - 10 MHz
2BRed/Clear95250 kHz - 10 MHz
6Yellow/Clear353 - 40 MHz
7White/Clear301 - 25 MHz
10Black/Clear15015 - 100 MHz
17Blue/Yellow5020 - 200 MHz
31Black57001 - 300 MHz0.5 - 30 MHz1 - 500 MHz
43Shiny Black125005 - 400 MHz0.5 - 30 MHz5 - 500 MHz
52Dull Black200010 - 500 MHz0.1 - 5 MHzAbove 10 MHz
61Dull Black100020 - 500 MHz0.2 - 10 MHzAbove 20 MHz
67Dull Black50050 - 100 MHz0.5 - 30 MHzAbove 50 MHz
73Shiny Black1600Below 30 MHz
75Shiny Black60001 - 50 MHz0.1 - 3 MHzAbove 1 MHz
77Shiny Black7000Up to 100 kHz

Note: 43 and 61 seem to be the most common for Ham Radio use in the USA, especially in the FT140 and FT240 sizes.