(a) Compare the thermal conductivities and thermal diffusivities of air and water at 100F. (b) Calculate the...

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(a) Compare the thermal conductivities and thermal diffusivities of air and water at 100°F. 

(b) Calculate the penetration distances in a stagnant mass of air and one of water, at 50°F and 1 atm, each of which is exposed for 10 s to a hot metal surface at 100°F. Comment on the difference.

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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering

ISBN: 9780072848236

7th Edition

Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott

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