Heat does have a temperature although the two quantities are not the same. In any 'ordinary' thermodynamic system the partition of the particles varies with the negative exp of Kelvin temp. ie normally less particles with successively higher energies (Maxwell Boltzmann distribution)
If you could create a system where this population distribution was inverted, you would have by definition a negative absolute temperature (like in a laser system), where as the system gained energy, its temperature would fall.
Now if you could prepare a state with the same populations in each energy level, then thermodynamically that state would have infinite temperature (but finite energy)
2007-10-07 13:24:21
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answered by azteccameron1 4
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It seems reasonable to me that heat is not infinite. Here's why -- At the instant of the Big Bang science believes that the temperature filling the just-created universe was greater than 1.8^13 Fahrenheit. For there to exist even for the briefest instant a temperature higher than that would imply another Big Bang in our universe.
2007-10-07 10:29:01
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answered by Chug-a-Lug 7
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We have never heated a substance to a maximum temperature but heat is emitted from the particles being heated and i think if you got anywhere near infinity the particles in question would destruct. ................and since energy is the same as mass there is a good possibility you would create a black hole, the point in time just before the big bang is as hot as this universe will see again unless there is a big crunch reversing the process.
2007-10-08 03:14:26
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answered by BAZEBO 2
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Yes and no. In theory the temperature could effectively get higher and higher until it becomes cold? However, in reality, the ability of any one material to reach an "infinite" temperature is not possible. So, it can never be proved or dis-proved. Like someone else said, what is the point of this question?
2007-10-07 10:08:05
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answered by drenchzgrinch 2
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There is no infinite temperature on heat. Unless you consider that fact that you are limited to resources to produce this heat. I guess that would make it infinite.
2007-10-07 11:02:10
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answered by Richard_CA 4
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No, because heat itself does not have a temperature at all. Temperature is defined as a measured indication of heat concentration; therefore you cannot assume heat to have its own temperature.
2007-10-08 01:28:12
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answered by general_ego 3
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heat and temperature are 2 different things. heat is all the energy in an object. temperature is the average of all that. so heat doesn't have a temperature.
2007-10-07 10:00:35
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answered by Anonymous
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No. I think of temperature as heat energy per atom, or per unit mass, while heat is the total energy of all the mass of whatever thing is having its temperature taken.
2007-10-07 09:58:50
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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You might as well ask the question, "Does distance have an infinite speed?" or "Does water have infinite moisture?"
The question makes no sense.
Temperature is a measurement of how much heat an object has, compared to its mass.
2007-10-07 10:03:45
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answered by dogwood_lock 5
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Het does not have TEMPERATURE.. Only material objects can have a temperature since temperature is a measurement of molecular motion..
2007-10-07 10:09:34
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answered by Renaissance Man 5
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