Bravo.
jk
On Dec 13, 2019, at 5:11 PM, David Hillman wrote:

> Hi TechNet - FYI but Doug has published over 70 Half Fractional  
> elements
> and there is a plan to create the Periodic Table of Half Fraction  
> Elements
> for everyone's use.
>
> Dave
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 3:34 PM Bev Christian  
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> 😊  I don’t think that is actually in the rules.  What I am  
>> really waiting
>> for is for you to fill in the holes in your “periodic table”  
>> and then
>> publish it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bev
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 4:17 PM
>> To: Bev Christian <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [TN] [External] [TN] Element Quiz Question
>>
>>
>>
>> Bev, Bev, Bev,
>>
>> You forget the rules.  You only publish information that HELPS my  
>> cause.
>> Info that defeats my cause must be kept to yourself.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Operations
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>> On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 2:29 PM <[log in to unmask] <mailto:
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>> Doug,
>> I went to the mindat.org <
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? 
>> u=http-3A__mindat.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=ilBQI1lupc9Y65XwNblLtw&r=qMshjwqeixv 
>> Qjs1qYTl8aRebuaqi25nLzYlpmDF6tjI&m=DYv50CTqd8KePkA0jIijh5jRVGZ9J6h0El 
>> vz7Xq2EJU&s=IYn3qIBp7ZQocmtAyYpD_9rr6iKC6qzqHGVZxS6ZURg&e=
>>>  website and could not find any evidence of recognition of a mineral
>> called timeite.  It is less common for a mineral to be spelled  
>> with a vowel
>> before "ite".  I therefore also tried timelite, in case you had  
>> made a
>> spelling mistake.  Here is the result of my search.
>>
>> --Search returned: 12 items. Only items listed in bold are recognized
>> mineral species. I couldn't get the bold to copy across and could  
>> not do it
>> manually either, so put "bold" where they are true mineral names.
>> Dimelite
>> Ehimeite
>> Eimelite
>> Iseite (bold)
>> Limaite
>> Limnite
>> Nimesite
>> Nimite (bold)
>> Simetite
>> Tamaite (bold)
>> Tillite
>> Viteite (bold)
>>
>> So I believe Dave had cause for rejecting your submission.  Duly  
>> provided
>> for the EQAQ archives.
>>
>> Respectfully submitted,
>>
>> Bev Christian, PhD
>> (on a train from Ottawa to Toronto)
>>
>>
>>
>> ---Original Message-----
>> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > On  
>> Behalf Of
>> Douglas Pauls
>> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 11:41 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [TN] [External] [TN] Element Quiz Question
>>
>> My esteemed colleague is referring to one of the half fractional  
>> elements,
>> Clocknium-69.5 (Cn-69.5), which comes from the ore Timeite.   
>> Clocknium, as
>> an additive to alloys, affects how time affects the alloy,  
>> dramatically
>> slowing corrosion, but needs a proximity to vanadium to do so.  It  
>> has an
>> incredibly long half-life, so a small addition to the Cesium  
>> clocks helps
>> regulate the flow of time.  It is rumored that the Tardis is  
>> fueled to some
>> extent by Clocknium.
>>
>>
>>
>> As Dave indicates, the sample was first refined to a pure state in  
>> 1953 by
>> Dr. Olaf Hansensonson at the University of Sweden –  
>> Kummavuopio.   The
>> purification was done at the nearby Swedish town of Clockpio.   
>> Don’t
>> bother looking for it on a map as this town is now at the bottom  
>> of a lake.
>> You can visit the area if you visit Camp Pikebeast.  Dr.  
>> Hansensonson was
>> doing some materials compatibility testing on the refined ore when  
>> a small
>> sample accidentally dropped into a glass of akavit he was  
>> drinking.  It has
>> been theorized that Clocknium is violently catalyzed by caraway  
>> distillate
>> as the resulting fireball was over a kilometer in diameter and  
>> there was a
>> distinctive rye smell in the air afterwards.  Truly tragic.  Many  
>> caribou
>> perished.  As a result and in the interest of safety, the Swedish
>> government has banned all research into Clocknium.
>>
>>
>> So Dave, what do I win?
>>
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>> On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 7:04 AM David Hillman <
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>>> Hi folks - here is the Quiz:
>>>
>>> The Question:
>>> A pure sample of this element was first produced in 1953. The  
>>> element
>>> is one of four elements deriving its name from a specific town in  
>>> Sweden.
>>> This element is responsible for the current atomic clock stability
>>> records. This element finds use as a dopant to help improve the  
>>> grain
>>> refinement, strength, and other mechanical properties of stainless
>>> steel. What element is being described?
>>>
>>>
>>> The winner(s) of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy &  
>>> Kloumpios
>>> for the week.
>>>
>>> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>>>
>>> *Past Quiz winners/tasks:*
>>> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 1 Ron Feyereisen,
>>> SigmaTron Intl.
>>> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
>>> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
>>> Week 3 John Burke
>>> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 5 No Winner - no  
>>> correct
>>> responses!
>>> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>>> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
>>> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
>>> Week 8 Leland Woodall
>>> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
>>> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>>> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
>>> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>>> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
>>> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and  
>>> Assembly
>>> Week 13 No Quiz, Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB
>>> Design and Assembly Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 16 John Maxwell  
>>> Week
>>> 17 Leland Woodall Week 18 Leland Woodall Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>>> Week 20 Robert Kondner Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
>>> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano
>>> Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems  
>>> Week 25
>>> Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
>>> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 28 Leland
>>> Woodall Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 30 Leland Woodall Week 31
>>> Leland Woodall Week 32 Steve Gregory Week 33 Leland Woodall Week 34
>>> Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc Week
>>> 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem Week
>>> 38 Leland Woodall Week 38 Tom Carroll Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld,
>>> Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 40 Leland Woodall
>>> Week 41 Tom Carroll Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld  
>>> Elektronik PCB
>>> Design and Assembly Week 43 Joyce Koo Week 44 Russell Kido,  
>>> Practical
>>> Components Week 45 Leland Woodall Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
>>> Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems Week 47 Fred Cox,
>>> Bluering Stencils Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 49 Todd  
>>> MacFadden,
>>> Bose Week 49 Leland Woodall Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical  
>>> Components
>>> Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 52 Leland Woodall Week
>>> 53 Scott Decker, UTAS Week 54 Leland Woodall Week 55 Tom Carroll,
>>> Boeing Week 56 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 57 Steve Herring,
>>> Pennatronics Corp Week 58 Leland Woodall Week 59 Drew Meyer,  
>>> Benchmark
>>> Week 60 Leland Woodall Week 61 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld  
>>> Elektronik
>>> PCB Design and Assembly Week 62 Leland Woodall!
>>> Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and  
>>> Assembly
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>>> Week 65  Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc.
>>> Week 66  Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
>>> Week 66  Leland Woodall
>>> Week 67  Eray Canli,  ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 68  James
>>> Head Week 69  Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell
>>> Collins Week 71  Eray Canli,  ANDAR Electromechanical Systems  
>>> Week 72
>>> Russell Kido, Practical Components Week 73 Denny Friz Week 74 Drew
>>> Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 74 Leland Woodall Week 75  
>>> Mordechai
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>>> Electromechanical Systems Week 77 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
>>> Week 78 David Bealer, WatchFire Signs Week 79 Torsten Hagge,
>>> Kristronics Week 80 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Week 85 Leland Woodall
>>>
>>> Week 85 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Week 87 Steven Herring, Pennatronics Corp
>>>
>>> Week 88 Leland Woodall
>>>
>>> Week 89 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>>>
>>> Week 90 Tom Brendlinger
>>>
>>> Week 91 Leland Woodall
>>>
>>> Week 90 David Bealer
>>>
>>> Week 91 Leland Woodall
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Week 94 Eray Canli, Nurol BAE Systems
>>>
>>> Week 95 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
>>>
>>> Week 96 Bev Christian
>>>
>>> Week 96 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
>>>
>>> Week 97 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>>>
>>> Week 98 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>>>
>>> Week 99 Robert Wolfe
>>>
>>> Week 100 Steve Gregory
>>>
>>> Week 101  Dean Vinke, Blue Canyon Technologies
>>>
>>> Week 102  Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp
>>>
>>>
>>> Week 103 Raye Rivera
>>>
>>> - I'm looking forward to having the guys out here in sunny Southern
>>> California, where it happens to be pouring rain at the moment.  
>>> But it
>>> is nothing the John Deere can't handle. They can help me sort out  
>>> some
>>> mechanical tolerance issues that are holding up production. And if
>>> they didn't get enough skiing in at Arapahoe Basin, our local area,
>>> Big Bear, is supposed to open on Friday.
>>>
>>>
>>> Week 104 Carl Van Wormer
>>>
>>> - I'll ask them to spend the first 12.7 seconds trying to find my  
>>> lost
>>> atom of darmstadtium-281, and then I'll have them spot me at the  
>>> I-Fly
>>> vertical wind tunnel.  After that, we'll head over to the electric
>>> go-carts at K-1 Speed, with the 2 losers assigned to assemble the  
>>> next
>>> batch of ShortSniffers.  They are pretty good at assembly work as  
>>> long
>>> as they are supplied with pepperoni pizza, dark-German root beer and
>>> loud rock-n-roll from the 60s and 70s.
>>>
>>>
>>> Week 105 ????
>>>
>>> - assisted with ????
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope everyone has an awesome week!
>>> Dave Hillman
>>> Collins Aerospace
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