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   Binary Object wrote:   
   >   
   > Why is absolute zero approximately -460 F, yet the maximum   
   > possible amount of heat is seemingly infinite?  There is   
   > certainly an asymmetry.  Why is there no upper bound for   
   > heat?  Why is there a lower bound for cold?   
      
   Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy per molecule. Molecules   
   can only lose so much translatory (kinetic) energy until they have none   
   left to lose. There is no negative of relative motion, either it exists   
   or it doesn't. Absolute zero is attained when all of the molecules in a   
   sample are at rest with respect to each other.   
      
   To be pedantic, the molecules still have plenty of energy left even when   
   they are at rest with respect to each other, but this is energy of a   
   different form.   
      
   Richard Perry   
      
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