Temperature Rise in Heating Wire. A current of 250 A is passing through a stainless steel wire having a diameter of 5.08 mm. The wire is 2.44 m long and has a resistance of 0.0843 2. The outer surface...

Extracted text: Temperature Rise in Heating Wire. A current of 250 A is passing through a stainless steel wire having a diameter of 5.08 mm. The wire is 2.44 m long and has a resistance of 0.0843 2. The outer surface is held constant at 427.6 K. The thermal conductivity is k = 22.5 W/m K. Calculate the center-line temperature at steady state.