Woohoo!  
Father just got a new saw mill (Woodmizer LT-35) and with the coming warmer weather we'll be churning out some lumber over the next week!  It'll be nice to have the extra help!

Thanks!
Eddie

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Subject: [External] [TN] Element Quiz Answer

The Element Quiz winner gets the services of our outstanding/amazing gnomes Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week (they have had their vaccination shots and can follow any covid-19 protocols the winner decides).



The Question:



A metal alloy using this element was known in China over 2000 years ago. Another alloy using this element is 6X stronger than stainless steel and is 2X stronger at 800C than 25C. German miners called an ore containing this element "Old Nick's copper". A compact disc fabricated from this element will preserve 1.5 million pages of data for 1000 years.  What element is being described?



The Answer:

The element is Nickel (Ni)! German copper miners called a reddish brown nickel containing ore "kupfernickel" which translates to "devil's copper" since copper could not be extracted from it. Nickel aluminide was developed by Oak Ridge National Labs and nearly abandoned until it was discovered that a small amount of boron made a superior metal alloy that becomes stronger as temperatures to up (i.e. think engine applications). A nickel disc called  HD-Rosetta has been developed that can store 1.5 millon pages of data for 1000 years!





The winner of the Quiz is Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace and  he will get the assistance of the boys for the week. Please let us know what tasks you have for the boys to keep them busy.





Winners:

Week 1: Bhanu Sood, NASA



Week 2: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace



Week 3: John Maxwell



Week 4: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace



Week 5: Russell Kido, Practical Components



Week 6: James Head, PCB Design Engineer and Bhanu Sood, NASA



Week 7: Denny Fritz, consultant



Week 8: Dean Vinke, Blue Canyon Tech



Week 9: Richard Stadem, GD



Week 10: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace



Week 11: Eray CANLI, Volocopter GmbH



Week 12: Guy Ramsey



Week 13: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace



Week 14: Bhanu Sood, NASA



Week 15: Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 Systems



Week 16: Dave Bealer, Watch Fire Signs



Week 17: Torsten Hagge, Tronic One



Week 18: Ben Gumpert, Lockheed Martin



Week 19: Bhanu Sood, NASA



Week 20: Russell Kido, Practical Components



Week 21: Tom Carroll, Boeing



Week 22: Bhanu Sood, NASA and Dick Krug, retired



Week 23: Joyce Koo, IDirect



Week 24: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace