I think that's close. How about a steerable drill bit for Oil/Gas
wells.
Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 2:54 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is......
Rock boring tool.....
Inge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
> Friday again! What are you doing this weekend? Spring tour with you
>car to some awsome valley with picknic basket and camera?
>Or just relaxing and reading? Or going home to old parents? Or what?
>You do no tell much about your free time.
>
>I was exposed to a very challenging temptation today. Visited the
>garage service that I use for various jobs. This time for going back to
>summer tires. The owner had a car that he use no longer. He asked me
>if I was interested in a proposal. Why not, I said, and he opened a
>door and signed me to step in. This one can be yours for a reasonable
>price. How much, I asked. Well, what are you willing to pay, he said.
>I mentioned a ridiculous sum of 10,000 USD. OK, it can be yours. The
>car is a 1988 Corvette Stingray, white paint, refurbished in all
details, red skin, new tires, in
>a very good finish in the whole. But I have no garage for it. Such a
car
>must be locked in every night here. And being inside in the winter.
>What a pity! I will never get a chance like that any more.
>
>Now, Steve, what about giving the clever guys a Friday quiz? Harder to
>guess than the last one.
>
>See you.
>
>Inge
>
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>From: "Steve Gregory" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: den 5 April 2010 04:27ha
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is......
>
>> Hi Inge,
>>
>> Here's your thing:
>>
>> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/guessing.jpg
>>
>> I don't have a clue, could be anything. Give us a little hint...
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge
>> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:58 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is......
>>
>> Allright, I misunderstood your message. Read it as Group 2, not type
2.
>> Otherwise, if it had been Group 2, Polonium had been a viable
>> candidate, excep for the elecltron transportation properties. It's
>> not as good a conductor, neither a good insulator. If it has
>> semiconductor properties, I don't know.
>>
>> I like your little quiz mails. Good for thinking. More of that,
please.
>>
>> To continue the thread until next Friday, I send a picture to Steve,
>> and I ask 'What's that thing?'
>>
>>
>> Inge
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: den 2 April 2010 14:23
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is......
>>
>>> Hi folks! Here is the answer to the Friday Element Quiz:
>>>
>>> Question:
>>> I am a type 2 semiconductor and a ductile HCP metal. I am
>>> radioactive and three of my isotopes are relatively long lived with
>>> low energy beta rays and very weak gamma rays that pose only a
>>> moderate threat. Who am I?
>>>
>>> Answer: I am the element Technetium (Tc), #43 on the Periodic Table
>>>
>>> Bonus points - This element has a characteristic property that is
>>> unique/the best of all the metallic elements. What property is it?
>>> Hint - it has to do with temperature
>>>
>>> Bonus points answer: the highest ambient pressure superconducting
>>> transition temperature (11.4K)
>>>
>>>
>>> No winner this week so Doug's chair is safe.
>>>
>>> Hope to see folks at IPC next week.
>>>
>>> Dave Hillman
>>> Rockwell Collins
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>>>
>>>
>>> Inge <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
>>> 04/02/2010 01:07 PM
>>> Please respond to
>>> Inge <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>
>>> To
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> cc
>>>
>>> Subject
>>> Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, that is why we speak about thermonuclear weapons.....10exp 6
>>> degrees
>>>
>>> at least
>>> Inge
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "John Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: den 2 April 2010 10:50
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
>>>
>>>> And of course finds an alternate use as the "target" in atom
>>>> bombs...........8-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John Burke
>>>> (408) 515 4992
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:23 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
>>>>
>>>> Hi Dave, am not sure, but the NASA people use to speak about
>>>> Polonium,
>>> a
>>>> variant of group 2 Radium. No other metal can dissipate so much
>>>> heat as Polonium, therefore it is of interest for space vehicles.
>>>> Just a wild guess.
>>>> Inge
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Joyce Koo" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: den 2 April 2010 08:27
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
>>>>
>>>>> You are david make by carbon. Plus other impurities.
>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>> Sent using BlackBerry
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>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
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>>>>> Sent: Fri Apr 02 09:50:34 2010
>>>>> Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks! Seems to be a slow day on Technet so here is a Friday
>>>>> Element
>>>>> Quiz:
>>>>>
>>>>> Question:
>>>>> I am a type 2 semiconductor and a ductile HCP metal. I am
>>>>> radioactive and three of my isotopes are relatively long lived
>>>>> with low energy beta rays and very weak gamma rays that pose only
a moderate threat.
>>> Who
>>>> am I?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bonus points - This element has a characteristic property that is
>>>>> unique/the best of all the metallic elements. What property is it?
>>>>> Hint - it has to do with temperature
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The winner of the quiz will get Doug's chair (Graham Naisbitt has
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>>>>>
>>>>> Dave Hillman
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