A 2 cm thick steel slab heated to 525 degree Celsius is held in air stream having a mean temperature of 25 degree Celsius. Estimate the time interval when the slab temperature would not depart from the mean value of 25 degree Celsius by more than 0.5 degree Celsius at any point in the slab. The steel plate has the following thermal physical properties Density = 7950 kg/m3 C P = 455 J/kg K K = 46 W/m K

Correct Answer: 6941 s
t – t a/t I – t a = exponential (- h A T/p V c). Now A/V = 100 per meter.