2007-05-18 04:26:48 · 3 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The temperature of something describes the how fast the atoms of a substance are moving. As the temperature decreases toward zero kelvin, the motion slows down. Once motion has stopped the substance is at zero kelvin. How can something have less motion than zero?
When substances get close to zero kelvin, they form a bose-einstein condensate (BEC). There is a link below that describes the BEC, which I find to be very interesting. Hopefully it will help you understand more about temperature.
For those that are pedantic, note that the word "degrees" was dropped from the description in 1968. Whereas there are "degrees Celsius" and "degrees Fahrenheit" kelvin is simply kelvin, no "degrees."
2007-05-18 05:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by zeb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 degrees Kelvin is like the speed of light, it is a natural limit. Nothing can have a temperature lower than 0 degrees Kelvin.
2007-05-18 11:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a new state of matter... I always thought that the the atoms/molecules of a substance would fuse together, forming an altogether new substance, due to the zero movement of the atoms/molecules.
2007-05-18 11:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ninja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋