Is there a max temperature that we can reach? I know absolute zero is the low temp?

Answer 1

To make things easy to understand, temperature is a measure of how fast the particles in something are moving.

So when the weather man tells you what the temperature outside is, he's telling you how fast the particles in the air are moving.

The maximum temperature would be when the particles are moving at the speed of light...which won't be able to happen. So things will keep getting hotter forever.

But for our purposes this is irrelevant, since eventually it becomes nearly impossible to make a system hotter ( the energy you would have to put into it approaches infinity). The hottest possible temperature you need to worry about is around 250000000000000000000000000000000 degrees F (2.5e32). This was about the temperature during the inflation of the universe (big bang).


Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature, or about -273 C. This means that the particles are not moving at all, which is also impossible. Therefore, you can never reach absolute zero. Experiments here on earth show it becomes nearly impossible to cool something once you reach about -270.

Answer 2

Actually, we can't even reach absolute zero, not even theoretically. To do so would imply zero energy in whatever system we were trying to measure. The very act of trying to measure it would inject energy and raise the temperature above absolute zero.

On the other hand, there is no theoretical limit to how hot things can get. Temperature is just a measure of the internal kinetic energy of a substance. In the case of a gas, especially a very thin gas with lots of room for the individual gas molecules to move around in, the temperature can get very hot. The corona of the sun can reach temperatures of about two million degrees centigrade. It is conjectured that the interior core of the sun must be about fifteen million degrees for hydrogen fusion to occur.

How hot can we make it here on earth? Hydrogen bombs do a pretty good job of getting it right up there, as do focused lasers, induction heaters, and other similar pure energy coupling devices. I know we can routinely reach temperatures around 5000 degrees centigrade, limited mainly by lack of a suitable container to hold things that get that hot. The Tokamac toroidal magnetic confinement and laser inertial confinement research devices (for controlled nuclear fusion) routinely reach mega-degree temperatures for short periods of time.

Answer 3

Yes, there is a maximum temperature. By playing around with physical constants like the universal constant of gravitation, Planck's constant and the speed of light, you can get results like the maximum power flux from an object (about 10^52 watts), and the shortest possible distance (10^-35 metre). The highest possible temperature is about 10^28 K.

Answer 4

Temperature is relative to how a lot power it takes to save each and each and every atom in a fabric from lumping into one yet another. the better the temperature the further aside the atoms may stay. because that temperature between atoms relies upon how a lot warmth power radiation injected into the atoms, it isn't a precise absolute ; it adjustments continually.after we degree it, it already has replaced. in truth temperature is the equilibrium replacing component that determines how mass structure is to exist,even if it truly is to be a sturdy or a liquid or a gas and plasma. at the same time as an atom is disadvantaged of temperature power at a particular aspect ,it freezes. even with the undeniable fact that; the mass of its electrons ,at the same time as nonetheless retaining a consistent cost, may be come smaller and through an identical token may bypass at very close to gentle %. a finished freezing of gas to precise 0 degree Kelvin has come close yet by no skill finished in experiments. And for a sturdy there's a decrease as to what temperature it should be frozen. If Temperature is a device to degree the temperature power between stars and Galaxies,Then the temperature power radiation rigidity between them ,may be relative to how a lot radiation power is had to save them aside. because the Temperature of the Universe may strengthen it may reason the galaxies to enhance their radius vector with a view to maintain gravitational equilibrium. in truth there is no absolute severe temperature which could be measured as such, because that an absolute body of reference of measurements won't be able to be determined because the actual Universe is a restricted Dynamic gadget. The actual Universe no longer being homogeneous won't be able to no longer have an identical temperature interior different galaxies.

Answer 5

No. Temperature is a measure of energy. Add more energy and the temperature will rise. Absolute zero is calculated by extrapolating what the temperature would be if all energy was removed. This is impossible, but you can get close enough to make a good guess.

Answer 6

Absolute zero is not the "lowest temperature we can reach." It's simply the temperature at which everything known to us right now changes into a state of matter called a "Bose-Einstein Condensate" which is when the electrons of the molecules are completely delocalised and the substance becomes a "superfluid" and "superconductor". Thusly, there is no "maximum temperature we can reach."

Answer 7

Theoretically there would be a certain value, which can be calculated if you take into account all the energy in the universe and concentrate it into one hot spot. I'm not sure of the value, but in reality there are certain stars which have cores hotter than 1 mil Celsius. It depends on the losing factor. If there is a way to not lose heat, then you could go up to stuff like 10^7-8.

Answer 8

The interior of stars are the hottest. 50000 Kelvin, as you get hotter than that, atoms start to fly apart and go into plasma and altered states. Realize that as you get hotter your mass has to very very large to create the gravity that will hold you together.

Answer 9

100 or more

Answer 10

You mean Kelvin, Celsius, or Fahrenheit?