Palladium?

At 07:36 AM 4/23/2010, David D. Hillman wrote:
>Hi Guy - oops, sorry about that! BCC stands for Body Centered Cubic
>crystal structure. The metallic elements can be classified in different
>crystal structures: Triclinic, Monoclinic, Orthorhombic, Tetragonal,
>Hexagonal, Rhombohedral, and Cubic. Each of the crystal structures can
>then be subdivided into Simple, Face Centered and Body Centered. And that
>was probably wayyyyy more metallurgy than ya wanted but it makes
>determining the Friday Element Quiz answer much more manageable.
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>Ir has a Face Centered Cubic (FCC) crystal structure so you get a Mulligan
>and can take a second guess.
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>Dave
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>What is a BCC metal?
>I have a guess,
>Iridium, ninth highest melting point, very resistant to corrosion.
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>Hi folks! Ok, its Friday so its time for another element quiz:
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>The Question:
>         I am a ductile BCC metal and one of the few BCC metals that  has
>no ductile-to-brittle transition. My elemental name is part of Greek
>mythology.
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>Bonus Points:
>         Name this metal's greatest attribute and its melting temperature
>rank with respect to all of the metals.
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>I am pretty sure that everyone will be able with some sleuthing to figure
>out which element but the hard part of the question is getting the bonus
>points!
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>Good luck and again  this week, the winner will get to claim Doug's desk.
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>Dave Hillman
>Rockwell Collins
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