ReinyDays
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The third Law says there is no temperature where all motion stops.
An example of perpetual motion in nature is the electron. If the entropy of the atom was not zero and friction existed in the atom, the electron would lose energy and couldn't maintain its orbit and would be drawn into the nucleus, splitting it, and no matter could exist.
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Yes ... temperature is the measure of motion ... of course if motion is zero, temperature will be zero ... like saying an empty pool has zero cubic furlongs of water in it ...
"If ... friction existed in the atom" ... there's no friction in an atom that I know of ... unless æther has a viscosity ... QM predicts an electron in it's ground state can only slow down, it can never orbit any closer to the nucleus ... I believe there's a form of beta decay where this happens, but it doesn't split the atom, just transmutes it ...
An example of perpetual motion in nature is the electron. If the entropy of the atom was not zero and friction existed in the atom, the electron would lose energy and couldn't maintain its orbit and would be drawn into the nucleus, splitting it, and no matter could exist.
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Yes ... temperature is the measure of motion ... of course if motion is zero, temperature will be zero ... like saying an empty pool has zero cubic furlongs of water in it ...
"If ... friction existed in the atom" ... there's no friction in an atom that I know of ... unless æther has a viscosity ... QM predicts an electron in it's ground state can only slow down, it can never orbit any closer to the nucleus ... I believe there's a form of beta decay where this happens, but it doesn't split the atom, just transmutes it ...