Why is it impossible to counter absolute zero with heat

[Monarch_Laciel]

On the Samus V Ryuko thread and a revision thread for Dante, it was stated that it was impossible to counter absolute zero with heat. This doesn't make any sense to me. Absolute zero is simply the absence of energy and thus motion/vibration in the atoms, while heat is the energy and motion/vibration in atoms. Why is it impossible (or requires infinite energy) to heat up something at absolute zero then? Surely all it would require is for a heat ray/a few UV rays/ etc to hit, and then it has energy again so it isn't absolute zero

 

[Antvasima]

I do not know. Sorry.

Here is what Wikipedia says about it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero

 

[Kaltias]

Isn't the basis of thermodynamic itself that if you have two objects, one hotter and one colder, the heat is transmitted from the hottest to the coldest until their temperature is the same? I don't see why absolute zero should be an exception

 

[Gwynbleiddd]

When temperature tends to 0 K the heat capacity of the object tends to zero so if anything absolute zero wouldn't last, the object would start to heat up immideatelly.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

I just went through the wikipedia and simple english wikipedia pages for Absolute Zero, as well as pages on entropy and enthalapy. Nothing on them says it is impossible or requires infinite energy to heat something up from absolute zero, and both of them say that one of the main reasons we can't achieve absolute zero is that any particle or wave to touch them would instantly restore energy into the system. So I don't believe it is correct that absolute zero is some kind of "black hole" of temperature

 

[Antvasima]

Okay.

 

[Antvasima]

I will inform DontTalk about this thread.

 

[DontTalk]

Well, no official page claims that heat can't counter absolute zero (I think) and I also don't think it is the case.

So yeah, you are right about it not needing infinite energy.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. Thank you for the reply.

 

[Lina_Shields]

Permission to bump this thread, as it is rather important.

So if there is no official page that states heat cannot negate absolute zero, this would mean that any character who is able to generate a sufficient amount of heat would survive under absolute zero conditions, correct?

 

[Antvasima]

I think so, yes, but regrettably DontTalk is not here anymore to answer.