Tdshimo t1_j87x5sm wrote
A good way to think about temperature in this context is that it is a measurement of how quickly atoms or particles are vibrating. When atoms/particles stop vibrating, they reach the lowest temperature it can possibly reach… at which point, our scales for measuring temperature stop, and nothing exists below it. This is at 0 Kelvin, –273.15°C, or –459.67°F. These represent the floor for temperature, so temperature cannot reach -10,000° because it’s physically not a thing.
freeniechan t1_j87z11v wrote
Ya but what would have to happen for it to become a thing
Hoverkat t1_j8800nz wrote
For it to become a thing we would have to redefine our temperature scale to have more numbers below zero.
Tdshimo t1_j880ajm wrote
What would have to happen? Advances in quantum physics that cause us to adjust our temperature scales. Quantum states do allow for temperatures below the floors for K/C/F scales. But quantum conditions don’t extend to the majority of matter that we observe as our physical universe.
So it’s possible to go lower than the floors of our temp scales very specific, extreme, and limited circumstances* that don’t apply to the whole of our physical universe; therefore, from a practical perspective, they don’t matter when measuring temperature of the physical systems we know.
*As far as we’re now aware, and can measure. This may change as we learn more.
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