Iron and steel lose their ferromagnetic properties when heated above the Curie temperature of 1043 K, which is significantly lower than their melting point of 1811 K. At temperatures exceeding the Curie point, these materials undergo a phase transition that prevents them from maintaining spontaneous magnetization. However, they can still exhibit paramagnetic behavior in the presence of an external magnetic field.
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