A monster turnip (assumed spherical) weighing in at 0.45 kg is dropped into a cauldron of water boiling at atmospheric pressure. If the initial temperature of the turnip is 17°C, how long does it take to reach 92°C at the center? Assume that



GIVEN



FIND

Time needed to reach 92°C at the center

ASSUMPTIONS



SKETCH


The radius of the turnip is given by



Therefore, internal resistance is significant and the approximate solution method will be used.



Using approximate solution, we have



For the center r=0, the term becomes indeterminate, so using L Hospital’s rule we get.



For Bi=153 which can be considered ? From Table 3.1 for sphere we have



solving for the time

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