Copper is a very good conductor of heat and thus not a very good insulator. It has a thermal conductivity of 398 W/(m-°C). A squ
are Cu plate with cross-sectional area 0.15 ×10-2 m2 is sandwiched between two isothermal plates, each of which is at a different temperature. The Cu plate is fully insulated along its exposed edges so that the only significant heat flux is directed through the thickness of the plate. One side of the Cu plate is maintained at 190.8°C by an electric energy supply of 1,086 watts. Assuming steady-state heat flow conditions, how thick, in mm, must this Cu plate be so that the temperature on the other side of the Cu plate does not exceed 24°C ?
Assuming it moves the container at constant speed, the work done by the crane will be equal to the variation of the potential gratitational energy on the container: