Timeline for Why is $0K$ impossible to reach if the heat capacity goes to $0$ as $T$ approaches $0 K$?
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| Aug 17, 2017 at 1:28 | vote | accept | Sørën | ||
| Sep 16, 2016 at 9:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/776714407795691520 | ||
| Sep 15, 2016 at 7:11 | history | edited | Sørën | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2016 at 2:04 | answer | added | Sean E. Lake | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 15, 2016 at 1:54 | answer | added | Ken G | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 15, 2016 at 1:42 | comment | added | hyportnex | As you pointed out near $0K$ the heat capacity is very small, therefore the slightest heat absorption will lead to a relatively large increase of the body temperature, that is all. | |
| Sep 14, 2016 at 23:48 | comment | added | rob♦ | Your argument about $\Delta T = \Delta Q/C$ becoming large when $C$ is small suffers from a zero-over-zero problem, since both the heat content and the heat capacity depend on the temperature; it's necessary to tread carefully. | |
| Sep 14, 2016 at 22:57 | comment | added | physnolimits | Nernst statement suggest that it's impossible to actually reach the absolute zero | |
| Sep 14, 2016 at 22:25 | history | asked | Sørën | CC BY-SA 3.0 |