The possibility of using carburized corrosion-resistant steel 16Kh-VI for parts of magnetic systems is estimated from results of an investigation of the properties of diffusion layers and an evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of specimens.High-chromium structural steels 10Kh 13 and 20Kh 13 after carburizing and cyaniding at 900-980°C are used to manufacture parts operating under conditions of contactabrasive wear and certain kinds of fittings and tools. In order to make the use of these steels highly efficient, the technology of preliminary mechanical treatment and the conditions for hardening, tempering, and final polishing of the parts [2 -5] should be chosen with allowance for the special features of the formation of surface diffusion layers in the process of chemicothermal treatment [ 1 -4].We investigated the special features and the possibility of using magnetically soft steel 16Kh-VI in electrical engineering after carburization in activated pastes based on graphite and natural volcanic perlite with additives of ammonium and sodium oxalates [7].Specimens for metallographic analysis, x-ray diffraction and phase analysis, and measurement of magnetic properties and precision parts for microvalves for feeding the working medium in low-power electric motors were produced from industrially manufactured rods of steel 16Kh-VI (Table I).The carburizing regimes were chosen so as to attain optimum magnetic properties of the core, form a homogeneous wear-resistant carbide surface layer, and decrease the negative effect of preliminary high-temperature annealing on selective carburization, i.e., carbidization along boundaries of ferrite grains [6] that decreases the strength. A similar effect is observed in internal oxidation of steels detected in [2 -4].