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So if I somehow constructed a Freeze Ray that could lower someone's or something's temperature to absolute zero, would they split into subatomic particles ?
Since you can't lower a temperature to absolute zero, this question amounts to asking "if the laws of physics don't apply, what would the laws of physics say about ... ?"So if I somehow constructed a Freeze Ray that could lower someone's or something's temperature to absolute zero, would they split into subatomic particles ?
That would make it fantasy.It was in Science Fiction so I figured the laws of physics being defied was a given.
The atoms would smear out into a Bose-Einstein Condensate.So now my question is, if somehow it was possible to freeze and object to absolute zero would it split into atoms or subatomic particles in theory
No.It was in Science Fiction so I figured the laws of physics being defied was a given. So now my question is, if somehow it was possible to freeze and object to absolute zero would it split into atoms or subatomic particles in theory ? I'm asking because I figure the electrons in the atom would stop moving. In fact wouldn't the whole atom just stop moving ? Wouldn't this result in a split all the way to the atomic level ?
So new question. In theory how would you split someone into atoms ?
Freezer burns tend to form during melting, in a large part. Or due to slow, gradual cooling.It's a tricky question to parse in a way that makes scientific sense - you could cool someone until they froze completely solid ... and beyond.
Very cold bodies can change due to the cold - i.e. they may get freezer burn.
A corpse at absolute zero is still a corpse.You want to go colder than that.
Keep cooling, and eventually you would hit a cooled state which was the lowest it could go and still be considered to be a corpse. This would still be higher than absolute zero.
With a body, probably not disintegration.With this in mind, the question would be like "would removing heat alone be enough to cause the body to disintegrate?" ... but some freezing methods involve disintegration as part of the process so it is not clear how to answer that.
Pretty sure that freezer burns are from sublimation of ice to vapour once cells rupture due to expansion. That would mean the damage occurs while fully frozen.Freezer burns tend to form during melting, in a large part. Or due to slow, gradual cooling.
No - "a corpse at absolute zero" is an impossibility.A corpse at absolute zero is still a corpse.
Do you have a reference for that?Freezer burns tend to form during melting, in a large part. Or due to slow, gradual cooling.
... Do you have information that it is not possible to cool a body (we are taking about a corpse right?) to super-low temperatures by using a process involving disintegrating the body? I'd love to see that reference.With a body, probably not disintegration.
... still working on corpse disposal huh?Mynameiscommon said:So new question. In theory how would you split someone into atoms ?
Impossible, but still a corpse.No - "a corpse at absolute zero" is an impossibility.
You are right - freezer burn turns out to be a name from an effect quite different from frostbite.How freezer burns happen 101:
... http://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-is-freezer-b-62927
Freezer burn happens when moisture in the outer layers of the food evaporates into the freezer air, leaving behind empty "dry" pockets in the tissue of the food. This is technically a process of chemical sublimation and is actually done intentionally when making freeze-dried foods. [...] Foods that have been frozen for extended periods of time will inevitably begin to develop freezer burn.There's another kind of burn from extreme cold - this is where ice crystal poke through cell membranes. When it happen in living tissue it is called "frostbite".
You may be familiar with rapid cooling to reduce (not eliminate) this effect on frozen foods.
And my point is that it may not involve disintegrating it.... Do you have information that it is not possible to cool a body (we are taking about a corpse right?) to super-low temperatures by using a process involving disintegrating the body? I'd love to see that reference.
Whatever - the process of getting a substance to a very low temperature may involve physically manipulating it in a destructive fashion... that's all I was trying to point out.
Body frozen under glass transition temperature is likely to be fairly brittle - but still possess nonzero strength and toughness.Niggles aside: I think we have a consensus that extreme cooling of a body is unlikely to disintegrate it as a result, only, of the loss of heat.
So new question. In theory how would you split someone into atoms ?