A 5 mm-thick steel firewall is suddenly exposed to a radiant heat source that can be approximated as a blackbody at 1000K. How long will it take for the surface to reach 500 K if the initial temperature of the wall is 300K?

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A 5 mm-thick steel firewall is suddenly exposed to a radiant heat source that can be approximated as a blackbody at 1000K. How long will it take for the surface to reach 500 K if the initial temperature of the wall is 300K? 

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