clear; clc; //Example14.7[Hardening of Steel by the diffusion of carbon] //Given:- D_AB=4.8*10^(-10);//Diffusion coefficient of carbon in steel at the furnace temperature [m^2/s] wA_i=0.0015;//Initial carbon concentration wA_e=0.012;//Equilibrium concentration of carbon wA_t=0.01;//Concentration of carbon after desired time x=0.0005;//Diffusion distance[m] //Solution: a=(wA_t-wA_i)/(wA_e-wA_i); //Tthe argument whose complimentary error function is a=0.81 is 0.17 t=(x^2)/(4*D_AB*(0.17^2));//[seconds] disp("seconds",round(t),"Time taken to reach desired level of hardening is")