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Author Topic:   The Big Bang and Absolute Zero
Taz
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Message 4 of 56 (460716)
03-18-2008 10:48 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Lyston
03-17-2008 9:49 PM


Lyston writes:
Absolute zero is an unreachable temperature because of, by laws of pressure, the volume of the gas itself would reach zero which is impossible because matter cannot be destroyed or simply 'disappear'.
A couple of corrections.
By "laws of pressure", if you mean PV = nRT, think about it. Volume would not be zero. P would be zero and would give an undefined answer for V.
But more importantly, conditions of the universe at this stage cannot be described by the universal gas law because there was no gas to speak of.
Lyston, one of the things about physics is you have to know when and where to apply what laws and what equations. You can't just pick and choose whatever you want to support your preconceived notions. This is called sloppy physics and would fail you right out of general college physics.
But to be fair, if you think I have misinterpreted you, please share with us the math and explanation behind the math.

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