Question
What is absolute zero?
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Answer
- When the graph of pressure (P) against temperature T (°C) at constant volume for three ideal gases A, B and C is plotted, in each case, P -T graph is straight line indicating direct proportion between them. The slopes of these graphs are different.
- The individual straight lines intersect the pressure axis at different values of pressure at O °C. but each line intersects the temperature axis at the same point, i.e., at absolute temperature (-273.15 °C).
- Similarly graph at constant pressure for three different ideal gases A, B and C extrapolate to the same temperature intercept -273.15 °C i.e., absolute zero temperature.
- It is seen that all the lines for different gases Cut the temperature axis at the same point at -273.15 °C.
- This point is termed as the absolute zero of temperature.
- It is not possible to attain a temperature lower than this value. Even to achieve absolute zero temperature is not possible in practice.
[Note: The point of zero pressure or zero volume does not depend on am specific gas.]
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