To increase the hardness of a steel gear, it was carburized at 850oC by introducing 1.3%C at its  steel surface. What will be the final carbon content 1.4 mm beneath the surface if this treatment  was lasted for 26 hours. The initial carbon content of steel is 0.1%C. (gas constant is 8.31 j/mol.K)

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To increase the hardness of a steel gear, it was carburized at 850oC by introducing 1.3%C at its  steel surface. What will be the final carbon content 1.4 mm beneath the surface if this treatment  was lasted for 26 hours. The initial carbon content of steel is 0.1%C. (gas constant is 8.31 j/mol.K)

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