Two heat reservoirs with respective temperatures of 325 and 275 K are brought into contact by an iron rod 200 cm long and 24 cm2 in cross section. Calculate the heat flux between the reservoirs when the system reaches its steady state. The thermal conductivity of iron at 25 ◦C is 79.5 W/m K.

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Two heat reservoirs with respective temperatures of 325 and 275 K are brought into contact by an iron rod 200 cm long and 24 cm2 in cross section. Calculate the heat flux between the reservoirs when the system reaches its steady state. The thermal conductivity of iron at 25 ◦C is 79.5 W/m K.

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