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I know that the third law of thermodynamics states that a pure solid crystal at absolute zero has zero entropy but I don't see why this means that you can't reach absolute. I know that the entropy of a system must always increase but if the entropy used to fire the lasers at the atoms trapped in magnetic fields is greater than the entropy that the atoms had to start with then the entropy of the system would have increased and the entropy of the atoms would be zero and therefore we would have a temperature of absolute zero. Is the answer to this question something similar in concept to why the speed of light can't be reached (since mass increases to infinity and therefore you need infinite energy to travel at light speed - which is impossible)? Thanks
Re: Why can't you reach absolute zero as said by thethird law of thermodynamics
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