You know that absolute zero thing...?

[groucho]

Well, is there a polar opposite?

[TheCaseAce]

No.

Hm... wait... I suppose there is - when the entire universe was the size of an atom (the big bang) then things would have been pretty much as hot as they can ever be.

Edited by TheCaseAce on Wednesday 13th August 19:38

[Pikey P]

you mean like absolute hot?

[groucho]

Pikey P said:

you mean like absolute hot?

Yeah!

[Rebuker]

No.

[groucho]

Why not?

[Simpo Two]

Heat is a function of molecular motion. Absolute zero is when there is no motion - you can't get slower than stop.

I expect in real life the practical maximum temperature is when heat loss matches the energy you put in.

Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 13th August 19:38

[Rebuker]

How could you have too much energy or heat?

Things would just get hotter.

Though I guess there may be a stage where it is so hot that atoms fall apart, or at least go outside for a smoke.

[groucho]

Simpo Two said:

Heat is a function of molecular motion. Absolute zero is when there is no motion - you can't get slower than stop.

Does that help?

Well, what if the molecular motion reached the speed of light?

Edited by groucho on Wednesday 13th August 19:39

[TheCaseAce]

See my edit above. In practice, no... in theory, yes.

Apparently it's called the Planck Temperature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_temperature

[Vipers]

At absolute zero, the speed of light slows down to 32 mph, (apparantly) just thought I would chuck that one in.

[Shaolin]

Temperature is really a measure of particle movement, how fast the particles of a material are moving at a particular time. The slowest anything can move is stopped - this is absolute zero. Things can go faster and faster and so can get hotter and hotter.

[BlueCello]

groucho said:

Simpo Two said:

Heat is a function of molecular motion. Absolute zero is when there is no motion - you can't get slower than stop.

Does that help?

Well, what if the molecular motion reached the speed of a 335d(mapped)?

Edited by groucho on Wednesday 13th August 19:39

EFA.


Sorry

[Rebuker]

Then they go faster. Chernochoochoo raditation or something. Makes radioactive stuff glow in water.

Still, getting hotter and hotter-- there may be a point that it particles are too charged- maybe they revert back to becoming energy or something.

Heating lucozade would be best. It has a head start in the energy stakes.

Edited by Rebuker on Wednesday 13th August 19:42

[anonymous-user]

Absolute vodka?

[BlackMagic *tree]

Simpo Two said:

Heat is a function of molecular motion. Absolute zero is when there is no motion - you can't get slower than stop.

Does that help?

Thanks for that. Makes sense.

[Pikey P]

shall i..........shall i not.







oh, go on then.



What if you remapped the molicule so it could go fast and generate mor heat?

[Rebuker]

garyhun said:

Absolute vodka?

This would be easiest to cool. Don't you know ANYTHING?

[TheCaseAce]

Pikey P said:

shall i..........shall i not.







oh, go on then.



What if you remapped the molicule so it could go fast and generate mor heat?

Someone already did that joke about 4 posts up.

Do try to keep up at the back.

[hugoagogo]

Vipers said:

At absolute zero, the speed of light slows down to 32 mph, (apparantly) just thought I would chuck that one in.

pish

speed of light depends on what it's going through, the temperature of that matter may have some bearing, who knows, but it would be different for each sort of matter

and a vacuum has no temperature, it always goes the same speed through that