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Curie temperature
For a ferromagnetic material, the critical temperature (TC) above which the material becomes paramagnetic. For iron the Curie temperature is 760 °C; for nickel it is 356 °C. Also known as the Curie point, it is named after the French physicist Pierre Curie (1859-1906).
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