Absolute HOTNESS!!

[Fifty]

I have a question.







Absolute zero is the coldest it can possibly get, is there an "absolute hottest" temperature? If yes, what is it and why (in laymans terms). If no, why not?

 

[skadistic]

It would be the temp. where everything bursts into flames.

 

[Xanikk999]

I have a question.







Absolute zero is the coldest it can possibly get, is there an "absolute hottest" temperature? If yes, what is it and why (in laymans terms). If no, why not?

I have a question on this also.

If heat is the movement of atoms then when atoms move at the speed of light isnt that the hottest soemthing can be?

Because i know when atoms are still its absolute zero.

Can someone answer this?

 

[CartesianFart]

I don't think there is a limit.Just a guess.

 

[Xanikk999]

I don't think there is a limit.Just a guess.

But heat is the movement of atoms isnt it? And nothing can move faster then the speed of light.

So isnt there a limit?

 

[Rik Meleet]

I've asked this to theoretical Physics "experts" and included that "heat = movement of parts". Since there exists a maximum velocity (lightspeed) does that mean there is a max temp?
Answer turned out to be "no" because as speed approaches lightspeed, temp approaches infinity. Can't recall exactly why but some physicist might be able to explain that to you.

 

[von_Seydlitz]

Well, I'm not to deep into physics, but in my opinion...

Temperature is linked to (well: it is) the movement of particles (atoms, molecules) with a certain speed. The faster, the hotter.
Zero is no movement as all. So the temperature is limited in so far, as the movement speed of the particles is limited. Thus should be the speed of light, and in so far it SHOULD be limited, afaik.
But thats no temperature you might reach easily.

Greetings, vS.

PS.: Excuse my bad english, its 1:30 AM here.

Edit: The other guys were faster.

 

[Xanikk999]

I've asked this to theoretical Physics "experts" and included that "heat = movement of parts". Since there exists a maximum velocity (lightspeed) does that mean there is a max temp?
Answer turned out to be "no" because as speed approaches lightspeed, temp approaches infinity. Can't recall exactly why but some physicist might be able to explain that to you.

How can anything be infinity outside mathamatical terms.

I never took physics but infinite heat just sounds unrealistic...

 

[skadistic]

I refuse to believe that nothing can travel faster light. Diffrent colour light goes diffrent speeds.

 

[Xanikk999]

Well, I'm not to deep into physics, but in my opinion...

Temperature is linked to (well: it is) the movement of particles (atoms, molecules) with a certain speed. The faster, the hotter.
Zero is no movement as all. So the temperature is limited in so far, as the movement speed of the particles is limited. Thus should be the speed of light, and in so far it SHOULD be limited, afaik.
But thats no temperature you might reach easily.

Greetings, vS.

PS.: Excuse my bad english, its 1:30 AM here.

I read that inside the center of a basic sized star like our sun its over 10 million degrees celcius. And its even hotter in a supernova (Dont ask me how they found either of those out. I dont know!).

 

[woody60707]

I would guess so. There is a limit to the amout of energy you can put in a given space, much like a black hole right,....but like i said, i am only guessing.

 

[Fifty]

How can anything be infinity outside mathamatical terms.

I never took physics but infinite heat just sounds unrealistic...

approaches infinity and infinite are entirely different concepts

 

[JohnRM]

Physicists have already proven that the speed of light is variable and capable of being manipulated.

 

[von_Seydlitz]

I refuse to believe that nothing can travel faster light. Diffrent colour light goes diffrent speeds.

Wait a mom, am I confused or aren't different "colors" due to different energy, i.e. different length of waves?

 

[El_Machinae]

Fifty; what you're referring to is called the Planck Energy. Compared to it, the entire universe, and everything in it, is nearly freezing.

The Big Bang should have been called the Big Freeze.

It's roughly the amount of energy the average American uses in two weeks, crammed into a Planck Unit of space. ~0.5433 MWh

 

[Xanikk999]

Physicists have already proven that the speed of light is variable and capable of being manipulated.

I know that the fastest light can go is 186,000 miles per second in a vacuum and its much slower in water and other materiels.

 

[von_Seydlitz]

Physicists have already proven that the speed of light is variable and capable of being manipulated.

Afaik it is not "proven" in a strong meaning, but some physicians have watched effects that they couldn't explain but through a speed above c.

 

[Rik Meleet]

I refuse to believe that nothing can travel faster light. Diffrent colour light goes diffrent speeds.

Fine. Even if something can travel faster than light; only if it can approach infinity will it be an element in the question on Maximum Temperature.

Do you believe that there is a maximum speed (faster than the speed of light) ?

 

[Xanikk999]

Kinda off topic, but whats the closest people have gotten to absolute zero and is it even possible to reach absoulte zero.

AND IS there even anywhere where absolute zero exists in the universe?

Maybe interstellar space but even there i didnt think so.

 

[Rik Meleet]

By the way - Here is my original thread:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=121819