Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element has allotropic behavior. One of its allotropic forms acts
like dry ice and sublimates. This element was known, as part of some ores,
by the Chinese, Greeks and Romans as far back as 3600 BCE. The primary
source of this element today is as a by-product of nickel and copper
smelting. What element is being described?
Bonus Question:
Provide the Greek word from which the modern element name was derived.
The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and
Kloumpios for the week.
So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Dick Krug, Spartan Complex Systems
Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC
Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE
Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory
Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 6 Steve Gregory
Week 7 Phil Kinner
Week 8 Brian Ellis
Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik
Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 14 Brian Ellis
Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 16 Steve Gregory
Week 17 Phil Kinner
Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems
Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 20 Denny Fritz
- My first thought for Clumpy and Kloumpios was to ask if they knew how to
drain swamps. It has rained here in Indiana almost every day for 10 days
and is forecast to thunderstorm for almost ten more. Any chance Kloumpios
has any biblical roots and is related to Noah of Ark fame?? At the very
least, please have Graham Naisbitt ship some wellies (Wellington boots)
here to Indiana for the coming week. Only slightly more seriously, what do
Clumpy and Kloumpios know about counterfeit components? Any day, I expect
to be thrown into that messy topic to support the Department of Defense.
And, what clearance do the guys have - confidential, secret, top secret,
or keep-from-telling-Doug?. Can either run an XRF or SEM? I presume they
have eagle eyes, so they can observe components through our optical
microscopes. Finally, is either carrying a small spare lead-acid battery?
Our UPS unit protecting the instruments from the too frequent lightning
surges crapped out last week.
Week 21 Amol Kane
- the boys can help me with optimization and qualification of Process
Equipment like stencil printer and wash. In their spare time they can
enjoy the fine TX summer
Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
- the boys can stay 2 days with me and as I've always said "a man's home
is his castle, in a manor of speaking". I'll be training them in stand-up
comedy dealing with the dichotomy of Technet humor. Their names and act
will be " Grim and Stellar".
David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
- since I will be out next week, they can take those 2 days
off. Everybody deserves a weekend once in a while.
Week 22 Phil Kinner
- assisted with ?
Week 23 ????
- assisted with ????
Everyone have a safe week!
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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