A limited amount of water in a container is subjected to 5 W/m2K convection condition as the sky temperature drops to -40 °C at a desert night. What is the corresponding ambient temperature of this situation if the water surface assumed to be black? Take the freezing temperature of water as 0 °C.

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A limited amount of water in a container is subjected to 5 W/m2K convection condition as the sky temperature drops to -40 °C at a desert night. What is the corresponding ambient temperature of this situation if the water surface assumed to be black? Take the freezing temperature of water as 0 °C.

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