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The temperature above which a ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic is called the:

1. Curie temperature
2. Néel temperature
3. Debye temperature
4. Glass transition temperature

Answer

A. Curie temperature

Solution

For iron it is about 770 °C.

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