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Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature. If the relationship between the volume and the temperature of a gas were consistent all the way down to absolute zero, then a gas at absolute zero would have zero volume. According to the line of best fit produced by graphing your data, what is the temperature (in °C) of absolute zero?

Liquid nitrogen is cold and can be used to cool objects to -196°C. If you put the bottle of warm air in liquid nitrogen at this temperature, what would the volume (mL) of air in the bottle be?

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Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature at which molecular motion ceases. The temperature of absolute zero is approximately -273.15°C or 0 K. The graph suggests that a gas at absolute zero would have zero volume.

Step-by-step explanation:

Absolute zero is the temperature at which all molecular motion has ceased. It is the lowest possible temperature and is theorized to be -273.15°C or 0 K. According to the data you provided, the line of best fit produced by graphing the relationship between volume and temperature suggests that a gas at absolute zero would have zero volume.



When a bottle of warm air is put in liquid nitrogen at -196°C, the volume of air in the bottle would decrease due to the cooling effect of the liquid nitrogen. However, the exact volume decrease would depend on various factors such as the initial volume of air in the bottle and the specific properties of the gas.

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