A 2.5-cm-thick sheet of plastic initially at 20oC is placed between two heated steel plates that are maintained at 140oC. The plastic is to be heated just long enough for its mid-plane temperature to reach 130oC. If the thermal conductivity of the plastic is 1.2 x 10 -3 W/m/K, the thermal diffusivity is 2.7 x 10 -6 m2/s, and the thermal resistance at the interface between the plates and the plastic is negligible, determine a) the required heating time, b) the temperature at a plane 0.6 cm from the steel plate at the moment the heating is discontinued, and c) the time required of the plastic to reach the temperature of 130oC at 0.6 cm from the steel plate.
A 2.5-cm-thick sheet of plastic initially at 20oC is placed between two heated steel plates that are maintained at 140oC. The plastic is to be heated just long enough for its mid-plane temperature to reach 130oC. If the thermal conductivity of the plastic is 1.2 x 10 -3 W/m/K, the thermal diffusivity is 2.7 x 10 -6 m2/s, and the thermal resistance at the interface between the plates and the plastic is negligible, determine a) the required heating time, b) the temperature at a plane 0.6 cm from the steel plate at the moment the heating is discontinued, and c) the time required of the plastic to reach the temperature of 130oC at 0.6 cm from the steel plate.
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A 2.5-cm-thick sheet of plastic initially at 20oC is placed between two heated steel plates that are maintained at 140oC. The plastic is to be heated just long enough for its mid-plane temperature to reach 130oC. If the thermal conductivity of the plastic is 1.2 x 10 -3 W/m/K, the thermal diffusivity is
2.7 x 10 -6 m2/s, and the thermal resistance at the interface between the plates and the plastic is negligible, determine a) the required heating time, b) the temperature at a plane 0.6 cm from the steel plate at the moment the heating is discontinued, and c) the time required of the plastic to reach the temperature of
130oC at 0.6 cm from the steel plate.
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