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Third Law of Thermodynamics (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the third law of thermodynamics, covering its statement, Walther Nernst's development of the principle between 1906 and 1912, and its behaviour for systems without a unique ground state.

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_law_of_thermodynamics
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A general reference encyclopedia, tier 3 throughout this atlas, used here for an uncontested definitional and historical-naming fact.
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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Theories, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected.
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