An investigation was made to examine the influence of V levels up to 0.10 w/o on the magnetic properties of Al‐killed low carbon steels having 0.052/0.054 initial C, 0.36/0.37 Mn, 0.11/0.12 P, 0.022/0.024 S and 0.028/0.031 w/o Al. The processing sequence for these steels involved hot rolling, pickling, hot band annealing, cold rolling and high temperature annealing following decarburization. The results showed that the longitudinal permeability at 17 and 18 kG increases sharply with the addition of V up to 0.10 w/o. In contrast to improved permeability, the 15 kG core loss is essentially unaffected by changes in V concentration. According to the classical model, the computed anomalous loss in these steels constitutes approximately 25&percent; of the total loss, which is a characteristic of the grain‐oriented steel. Improvements in high induction permeabilities are directly related to the increase in B10(induction at 10 Oe) which describes the sharpness of the Goss‐texture. This relationship implies that the presence of V is required to develop a sharper Goss‐texture in the steel. Electronmicroscopy results suggest that this texture is formed as a result of the precipitation of fine VN particles.