Forgot to tell you another little story. As you know the last element in
the periodic system is Uun numbered 118. (Number of Energy Levels: 7 First
Energy Level: 2 Second Energy Level: 8 Third Energy Level: 18 Fourth Energy
Level: 32 Fifth Energy Level: 32 Sixth Energy Level: 17). Many ears ago, we
thought that # 100 was the final and last element, but we have found another
18 . (Some are not found in nature, but are synthetic). I thought,
allright, what says the system stops at even 118.? So I sent a letter to a
well known Professor in physics and asked her if it is possible to find many
more elements. And she said yes. She meant that noone knows what happens on
inside of some objects in the universe with temperature of several hundred
thousands degrees. Or more. There may be one hundred more elements, with
properties that we can not decide, not even with quantum mechanics theories,
or any other at all, because we cannot extrapolate much longer than to #
120. With other words, there may exist elements with properties that we
cannot even dream of. Some of such elements can be gases, others can be
very unstable and some can be unvisible. The last is something to difficult
for me to understand. I think simply, that the more electrons, the more
compact and heavy, how can it then be unvisible. Perhaps something for Dave
?
Inge
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From: "Inge" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: den 30 April 2010 14:02
To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answer
> As another curiosum, the name 'Tungsten' is named by a swedish scientist
> von Scheele, who thought the metal was very heavy = tung and stone=sten ,
> tungsten.
>
> By the way, a friend of mine came with a object that fell from heaven,
> literally. Size of child's hand. I analyzed it, and found nearly 90 w/%
> Chrome. Meteorites use to be Iron and Nickel, so Chrome was a rare one.
> It's fascinating to think from where it came and how long it had been
> travelling before it hit the ground near my friend's house. Thousands of
> years? Or more?
>
> I don't think you can find so pure Chrome anywhere on this planet.
>
> Inge
>
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> From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: den 30 April 2010 13:13
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answer
>
>> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer
>>
>> The Question:
>> I am a metal that was first produced in the 18th century but was little
>> used until the 20th century. I was first used in high speed steel in
>> 1900,
>>
>> ductile wire in 1909 and cermets in 1922. I have the lowest vapor
>> pressure
>>
>> and lowest compressibility of all the metals. Who am I?
>>
>> The Answer:
>> I am W - Tungsten!
>> Tungsten is considered to be a "strategic metal" because several of its
>> uses can be accomplished with no other metal.
>>
>>
>> The winners are: Phil Kenner, Nigel Burtt, and Inge! Gebhard Neifer gets
>> honorable mention for Wolfram which is the word source for its element
>> symbol "W". Tungsten was extracted by acid leaching from an ore
>> Wolframite
>> which is derived from a German word that translates to "wolf cream". A
>> German scientist, Georg Agricola then used the term "lupis spuma" which
>> translates in English to "wolf froth". So now you know how we named an
>> element after wolf spit!
>>
>> I really like the idea of selling Doug into service as Phil suggested. On
>> the other hand, Graham offered to return all of Doug's Diet Mt. Dew
>> reserve so I'll let the winners determine which is better deal.
>>
>> Everyone have a good weekend.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
>> [log in to unmask]
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