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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On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 2:29 PM <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Doug,
> I went to the mindat.org 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]> On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 11:41 AM
> To: [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?
>
> *Douglas Pauls *| Principal Materials and Process Engr | Advanced
> Operations Engineering
>
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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
> > Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 63 Tom Granat Week 64 George Wenger
> > 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
> > Kirshenbaum Week 76 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 76 Eray Canli, ANDAR
> > 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
> >
> > Week 83 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> >
> > Week 84 Tom Granat
> >
> > Week 85 Leland Woodall
> >
> > Week 85 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> >
> > Week 86 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Week 92 David Bealer
> >
> > Week 93 Leland Woodall
> >
> > 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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> >
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