Surface hardening of metallic machine components, such as ball and roller bearings, is carried out in a heat treatment process where the surface temperature is increased to a desirable level without altering the internal temperature substantially. In one such operation, steel ball (spherical) bearings with a diameter of 25 mm, initially at 25°C, are immersed in a very high temperature (1000°C) molten electrolyte-solution bath and quickly removed when the temperature at a depth of 1 mm from the outer surface of the steel ball attains 725°C. If the convective heat transfer coefficient between the steel ball and the bath liquid is assumed to be 4.95 kW/m²•K, determine the time required for attaining the surface hardening condition.