Chapter 4 Heat

Understanding The Gas Laws

Absolute Zero And The Kelvin Temperature Scale

When
When thethe velocity
velocity of
of aa gas
gas decreases,
decreases, its
its kinetic
kinetic energy
energy decreases,
decreases, hence
hence
its
its temperature
temperature drops.
drops.

-273
-273ooC
C is
is the
the lowest
lowest possible
possible temperature
temperature that
that can
can be
be achieved.
achieved.

At
At this
this temperature,
temperature, the
the volume
volume of
of aa gas
gas becomes
becomes negligible
negligible and
and its
its volume
volume
becomes
becomes zero.zero.

-273
-273ooC
C onon the
the Celsius
Celsius temperature
temperature scale
scale is
is also
also known
known asas the
the absolute
absolute
zero,
zero, or
or 00 Kelvin
Kelvin (( 00 KK )) on
on the
the absolute
absolute temperature
temperature scale.
scale.

Note
Note :: Temperatures
Temperatures measures
measures in in the
the absolute
absolute temperature
temperature scale
scale does
does not
not
have
have the
the word
word degree
degree before
before the
the unit
unit Kelvin.
Kelvin.

For
For example
example :: temperature
temperature == 300
300 KK is
is correct
correct but
but 300
30000KK is
is wrong
wrong

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