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CHE151L/A31
EXPERIMENT 2
RADIATION
Petiza, Alfred Kenneth
Sabigan, Christian
Salvador, Kristine Michelle
Salvador, Nikki John Jershwin
ABSTRACT
In heat transfer analysis, the ratio of thermal conductivity to heat capacity is an important property known
as thermal diffusivity, α, which measures the rate at which heat diffuses through a material. In the
experiment, two steel balls (big and small) were used in the study of unsteady state heat transfer to evaluate
factors affecting the thermal diffusivity of steel ball and to prepare and interpret temperature profile for
heated steel ball quenched in a water bath. For the determination of the thermal diffusivity of the steel
ball, the following procedures were followed. The outer radius of the steel ball was measured using a
vernier caliper. The steel ball was heated in the water bath at 95⁰C. The quench tank was set at temperature
equal to 45⁰C. The steel ball was then transferred to the quench tank when it reached 95⁰C. After 30
seconds, the temperature reading at the center hole was determined. It was assumed that there is no thermal
resistance between the quenched fluid (water) and the surface of the steel ball, the parameter m is equal
to zero. The thermal diffusivity of the big steel ball and the small steel ball were determined as 6.9 x 10-
6 m2/s, and 2.985 x 10-6 m2/s. For the preparation of the temperature profile of each steel ball, same
procedures were done. But the readings of temperature are done after every 5 seconds. The measurements
were stopped after 3 consecutive constant temperature readings were noted.
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