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The third law of thermodynamics is discussed starting from the Nernst–Planck formulation. Some observational consequences and experimental confirmations are summarized and the formulation concerning the unattainability of absolute zero is briefly commented.
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Saggion, A., Faraldo, R., Pierno, M. (2019). Third Law of Thermodynamics. In: Thermodynamics. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26976-0_13
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