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Concerning to entropy, The Third Law allow us to discuss absolute entropy, rather than just entropy
change. We know that at absolute zero, the system must be in a state with the minimum possible
energy. Which means the system must be in minimum energy state, without any chaos or disordering.
Hence the entropy of the system must be also minimized. Such material which have minimum
disordering must be one that is very ordered; scientists have concluded that such kind of material must
be a perfectly pure and symmetric crystal. From that, we can restate the Third Law more formally,
concerning to entropy:
In reality, such kind of crystal does not exist. Thus the second expression about The Third Law is just
hold true theoretically.
In conclusion, although human has come very close to the absolute zero, The Third Law of
Thermodynamics is the statement proving the impossibility of any attempt to reach the exact zero
Kelvin.