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Is $k_B \rightarrow 0$ the classical limit of stat. mech., as $\hbar \rightarrow 0$ is in QM?

I hear very often among my peers and seniors that just as how $\hbar\rightarrow0$ takes me to classical mechanics from quantum mechanics, $k_B\rightarrow0$ will take me to classical thermodynamics ...
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How to go from Quantum World to Classical World? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to recover Classical Mechanics from Schrödinger’s equation? Classical Limit of the Feynman Path Integral In the quantum world we don't have ...