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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Daniel: [QB] Well, certain thing seems to have grown more confusing and others cleared up. Er, I think I'll sort of step out of this one. About Lord Kelvin though. If this is the guy they named the Kelvin scale after, then perhaps he did have something to say on the subject, although I haven't a clue what it was. In the Kelvin Scale, absolute zero, (the temperature at which all particle motion stops), is approximately 273.15 K. At this temperature, the electrons orbiting the nucleus of an atom would cease to do so, and fall into the nucleus. The would atom effectively collapse. If we are talking about this occuring on a large scale, say 10 grams of a substance, the theory is that matter would contract on itself until it created an intense gravity well and possibly a black hole. That is why all particles HAVE to be in motion. Otherwise we'd be dead right now. Or a series of black holes. This being the case, one wonders why scientists persist on trying to get another billionth of a degree closer to absolute zero. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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