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A 50 cm *50 cm copper slab 6.25 mm thick has uniform temperature of 300℃. Its temperature is suddenly lowered to 36℃. (quenched in water)
Take
The conductivity k=370 W/mK, the density rho=9100 kg/m3, the specific heat c=0.38 kJ/kg℃, the convection coefficient h=90 W/m2℃.
1. Calculate the surface area, As
2. Calculate the volume, V.
3. Calculate the characteristic length, Lc
4. Calculate the Biot number, Bi
5. Calculate the thermal diffusivity, α (alpha)
6. Calculate the constant of time, τ (tau)
7. Calculate the time required for the plate to reach the temperature of , t1
8. Calculate the time required for the plate to reach the temperature of , t2
9. Calculate the temperature at the surface at time 100 s, Ts2
10. Calculate the total energy transferred from this plate during the first 100 s, Q
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