A coil visbreaker operates at 475°C for 1 min. How long will it take to achieve the same thermal severity at 440°C in a soaker visbreaking process? An apparent Arrhenius activation energy for thermal cracking is given as 45 kcal/mol. Show each step of calculations in your answer.
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