After 100 Years of Debate, Hitting Absolute Zero Has Been Declared Mathematically Impossible

The third law of thermodynamics states that the temperature of absolute zero never can be reached theoretically. But different scientists have debated the issue for a long period of time. Now, it seems like that scientists have reached a conclusion and they have admitted that the reaching the absolute zero temperature is mathematically impossible.

Currently, scientists believe that the absolute zero temperature can not be reached due to an intrinsic speed limit on the act of cooling.So far, this is the strongest evidence that the scientists have which can state that the absolute zero temperature can't be reached mathematically.

Luis Masanes from University College London told the IFLScience the absolute zero temperature can't be reached with the finite number of resources. It is a reality that the number of resources which is available in a system is actually finite therefore according to that statement it can be concluded that no system can't have the absolute zero temperature.

There is another condition and that states if a system has to reach the absolute zero temperature the entropy of the system has to be zero. But the law of thermodynamics states the entropy of a system never can reach zero. In fact, the reality is the entropy of a system keep increasing for an active system. Therefore, this condition also denies a system from reaching the absolute zero temperature.

So far, different hypothesis stated that the reaching absolute zero temperature is practically impossible. But Luis Masanes and his colleagues of London was determined to test this hypothesis mathematically. In order to test the hypothesis, they have decided to come with a finite amount of time and resources.

But after using the advanced from of Classical and Quantum mechanisms Masanes and his team have come to the conclusion that the absolute zero temperature never can be achieved with the finite amount of time and resources. This research will be very crucial in the field of quantum and classical physics as it has cleared many doubts.

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