Question: An ordinary egg can be approximated as a sphere with a diameter of a few centimeters and whose properties are roughly k = 0 .

An ordinary egg can be approximated as a sphere with a diameter of a few centimeters and whose properties are roughly k =0.55 W/(m*K) and thermal diffusivity of 1.5E-7 m2/s. The egg is initially at a uniform temperature of 9C and is dropped into boiling water, which is maintained at 99C. Taking the convection heat transfer coefficient to be 1600 W/(m2K), estimate the maximum diameter that the egg can have if raising the temperature in the middle of the egg to 90C can take no more than one hour.

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