Annealing is a process by which steel is reheated and then cooled to make it less brittle. Consider the reheat stage for a 100-mm-thick steel plate ( 7830 kg/m3 , c 550 J/kg K, k 48 W/m K), which is initially at a uniform temperature of Ti 200 C and is to be heated to a minimum temperature of 550 C. Heating is effected in a gas-fired furnace, where products of combustion at T 800 C maintain a convection coefficient of h 250 W/m2 K on both surfaces of the plate. How long should the plate be left in the furnace