The impossibility of reaching a temperature of absolute zero is incorporated in
A) the third law of thermodynamics.
B) the first law of thermodynamics.
C) the second law of thermodynamics.
D) an increase in entropy.

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The third law of thermodynamics states that as a system approaches absolute zero, the entropy of the system approaches a minimum value, and it is impossible to reach absolute zero in a finite number of steps.

The Impossibility of Reaching a Temperature of Absolute Zero Is