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RECENTLY1, through mapping the relation: 
where ψ = ∫g(θ)dθ and depends on the thermal properties (θ) of the system, a relation was presented between the linear (Kelvin) and exponential thermodynamic temperature scales. It was shown through relation (1) that the absolute zero, T = 0° K, is an inaccessible limit in the linear Kelvin temperature scale1 defined by the asymptotic behaviour of its own explicit argument, the integrating factor2, eψ (ψ = − ∞).
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LIELMEZS, J., GROVES, W. Negative Temperatures. Nature 210, 723 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210723a0
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