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Third law of thermodynamics

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Things get very still when they are cold.

Figure Showing Entropy at 0 K.png
Figure Showing Entropy at 0 K.png
At the coldest point, everything stops moving. This point is called absolute zero. It is hard to reach this cold spot. We can never truly get there. Do you like the cold?

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