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Curie temperature
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Curie temperature

The temperature above which a magnetic material cannot be strongly magnetized. Above the Curie temperature, the energy of the atoms is too great for them to join together to form the small areas of magnetized material, or domains, which combine to produce ferromagnetism.



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