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Registered: 11-23-07
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As far as i am concerned, temperature is (caused by) molecule movement.Even at 0'C, there is some molecule movement. So what is the minimum value the temperature can go?
(i have heard it is about -290, though i am not sure it is true...) Roll Eyes
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I believe you are referring to 0' kelvin which is -273.15' C. It is also the point in which all mollecular movement stops. I don't beleive that anyone has been able to prove this. There are a lot of theories about what would happen if you could chill somthing to 0 kelvin
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[quote]. I don't beleive that anyone has been able to prove this. There are a lot of theories about what would happen if you could chill somthing to 0 kelvin[/quote]

The derivation of absolute zero takes place in first semester chemistry labs.

More sophisticated experiments have gotten temperatures down into the nanokelvins - a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero - and so far even the most bizarre predictions of quantum theory have been shown to occur, including the formation of an Einstein-Bose Condensate, which is now routinely produced and studied.
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The third law of thermodynamics states that zero is unattainable.

We will never get to absolute zero.

Unless you can figure out how to break a scientific law....which is about as effective as throwing a rock in a pond and telling it not to splash.
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[quote]i have heard it is about -290, though i am not sure it is true...)[/quote]

0 Kelvin = -273 Celsius or:
0 Rankine = -460 Fahrenheit.
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I'm sure everyone knows, but just for the record, this is not oogie boogie.
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