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A common (but imprecise) way of stating the third law of
Chapter 4, Problem 37P(choose chapter or problem)
PROBLEM 37P
A common (but imprecise) way of stating the third law of thermodynamics is “You can’t reach absolute zero.” Discuss how the third law, as stated in Section 3.2, puts limits on how low a temperature can be attained by various refrigeration techniques.
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PROBLEM 37P
A common (but imprecise) way of stating the third law of thermodynamics is “You can’t reach absolute zero.” Discuss how the third law, as stated in Section 3.2, puts limits on how low a temperature can be attained by various refrigeration techniques.
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Third law of thermodynamics says that the entropy of the system approaches zero at absolute zero temperature. At absolute zero temperature, there is no heat or thermal energy. This implies that the heat capacity of the system becomes zero when the temperature of the system goes to zero.