In an experiment to determine the thermal conductivity of a new metal alloy, a bar of the metal is completely surrounded by insulation and exposed to 702 W of constant heat energy at one end. The bar has a radius of 0.071 m and a length of 0.337 m. The entire set-up is place in a cold room and once the system has reached steady state conditions, the temperature at the hot end is measured to be 64.2°C and the temperature at the cold end is measured to be 17.6°C. What is the thermal conductivity (in W/m-K) of the metal alloy [round your final answer to zero decimal places]? Insulation Tc TH

In an experiment to determine the thermal conductivity of a new metal alloy, a bar of the metal is completely surrounded by insulation and exposed to 702 W of constant heat energy at one end. The bar has a radius of 0.071 m and a length of 0.337 m. The entire set-up is place in a cold room and once the system has reached steady state conditions, the temperature at the hot end is measured to be 64.2°C and the temperature at the cold end is measured to be 17.6°C. What is the thermal conductivity (in W/m-K) of the metal alloy [round your final answer to zero decimal places]? Insulation Tc TH

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