| CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); H05B 2206/023 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate under an influence of an alternating magnetic field, the susceptor assembly comprising:
one or more composite susceptor particles,
wherein each one of the one or more composite susceptor particles comprises a particle core and a particle shell entirely encapsulating the particle core,
wherein the particle core comprises or is made of a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic core material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 200 for frequencies up to 10 kHz at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, and
wherein the particle shell comprises or is made of an electrically conductive shell material.
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