Curie Point

Curie point, also called Curie Temperature, temperature at which certain magnetic materials undergo a sharp change in their
magnet properties. In the case of rocks and minerals, remanent magnetism appears below the Curie Point- about 570 degree Celsius for the common magnetic mineral magnetite.

 This temperature is named for French physicist Pierre Curie, who in 1895 discovered the laws that relate some magnetic properties to change in temperature.


In a nutshell it is the temperature at which a metal or magnet loses its metallic or magnetic properties respectively.