Limit of Entropy as temperature approaching 0 K
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Limit of Entropy as temperature approaching 0 K
Could someone explain the science/significance of taking the limit of entropy as temperature approaches 0 K. I understand that it is related to the idea of perfectly ordered materials but I am not entirely sure what that means.
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Re: Limit of Entropy as temperature approaching 0 K
As the temperature approaches 0 K, entropy is decreasing because the number of possible states decreases. Since, the thermal energy is decreasing, you are going from a less ordered system to more ordered system. If the system was at 0 K, or absolute zero, the system would be perfectly ordered. Think of it like cooling a substance. The colder the substance becomes, the smaller the average kinetic energy of the molecules or atoms will be (the less they will move or vibrate).
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Re: Limit of Entropy as temperature approaching 0 K
With this, entropy approaches near zero and such that there is only the vibrational motion of molecules and no movements around. Meaning that we know exactly where molecules are.
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