[Mitch]

The molecule would still vibrate however even at absolute zero. It just something that comes from quantum mechanics.

[Corvettaholic]

Ah, thats beyond me then. So if its still vibrating, that means there has to be kinetic energy and absolute zero simply isn't possible no matter what.

[Mitch]

I think you could get KE to zero, but there are many other types of energy: Kinetic energy, electronic energy, vibrational energy, rotational energy. Kinetic energy isn't an all embracing description of all the types of energy a molecule has.

[Corvettaholic]

Wouldn't vibrational and rotational also fall under kinetic? Those things are movement too, and I figured kinetic had anything to do with motion. Now electronic energy, I can't think of a way to get rid of that unless you had no mass, cause I remember in physics that 2 objects will have SOME attraction to each other because of some gravity thing related to mass. Its infintesmal, but its there.