Absolute Zero Is the Temperature

question 25

Multiple Choice

Absolute zero is the temperature

• A) on the coldest day recorded at Nome, Alaska.
• B) at which an ideal gas would exert zero pressure.
• C) of the freezing point of water.
• D) of the boiling point of liquid helium.
• E) of the freezing point of mercury.

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