Answer:
The surface temperature gradient is given as 1170.137 K/m
Explanation:
In to obtain the surface temperature gradient we need to obtain the characteristics length and the formula for this is

Where V is the volume of the ball and
is the surface area of the particle
Now let assume a one-dimensional heat transfer and that width of the strip is negligible
Hence the surface area would be the two opposite surface of the strip which means that the volume is obtained by multiplying surface area and the thickness
Mathematically
and 
Substituting this into the formula above

Note that L in this equation is the thickness of the plate and from the question it is equal to 5 mm
So

In order to obtain the temperature of the gradient of the strip we need to obtain the temperature of the strip at mid-length of the furnace
and the formula is

Where
is the ambient temperature = 900 °C
is the initial temperature = 20 °C
is obtained with the formula

replacing V with


Where h is the heat transfer coefficient
is the density ,
is the specific heat at constant pressure and
is the characteristics length
Substituting

![b = \frac{80}{y(8000)* 570 * [2.5 \ mm}\frac{10^{-3 }m}{1mm} ]}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=b%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B80%7D%7By%288000%29%2A%20570%20%2A%20%5B2.5%20%5C%20mm%7D%5Cfrac%7B10%5E%7B-3%20%7Dm%7D%7B1mm%7D%20%5D%7D)


t is the of the stainless-steel strip being heated and the formula is

Where
is the length of the furnace , and v is the speed
Substituting 3 m for
and
for v
![t =\frac{(3/2)}{[1 cm/s \ * \frac{10^{-2}m}{1cm} ]}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=t%20%3D%5Cfrac%7B%283%2F2%29%7D%7B%5B1%20cm%2Fs%20%5C%20%2A%20%5Cfrac%7B10%5E%7B-2%7Dm%7D%7B1cm%7D%20%5D%7D)


Substituting the obtained value into the formula for temperature of strip at mid-length of the furnace we have


°C
Now to obtain the surface temperature gradient of the strip at mid-length of the furnace we would apply this formula
![h = \frac{-k[\frac{\delta T}{\delta y} ]_{y=0}}{T(t)-T_{\infty}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=h%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B-k%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Cdelta%20T%7D%7B%5Cdelta%20y%7D%20%5D_%7By%3D0%7D%7D%7BT%28t%29-T_%7B%5Cinfty%7D%7D)
=> ![[\frac{\delta T}{\delta y} ]_{y=0}} =\frac{h}{k} (T(t) - T_{\infty})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Cdelta%20T%7D%7B%5Cdelta%20y%7D%20%5D_%7By%3D0%7D%7D%20%3D%5Cfrac%7Bh%7D%7Bk%7D%20%20%28T%28t%29%20-%20T_%7B%5Cinfty%7D%29)
Where h is the convection heat transfer coefficient
Where
is the surface temperature gradient of the strip at mid-length of the furnace
T(t) is the temperature of the strip at mid-length of the furnace ,
the ambient temperature and k is the thermal conductivity

So
![[\frac{\delta T}{\delta y} ]_{y=0}} =-\frac{80}{21} (592.839 -900)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Cdelta%20T%7D%7B%5Cdelta%20y%7D%20%5D_%7By%3D0%7D%7D%20%3D-%5Cfrac%7B80%7D%7B21%7D%20%28592.839%20-900%29)
