Question

For a steel alloy it has been determined that a carburizing heat treatment of 7 hour duration will raise the carbon concentration to 0.38 wt% at a point 3.8 mm from the surface. Estimate the time (in hours) necessary to achieve the same concentration at a 6.2 mm position for an identical steel and at the same carburizing temperature.

Answer 1

18.6h

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this Duck's second law in form of Diffusion will be used.

Also note that since the temperature is constant D (change) will also be constant.

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