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Re: NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is......
From:
Inge <[log in to unmask]>
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Inge <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:28:48 -0700
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Right, it's a C4.  I mixed the terms.  I feel sorry for not being able to 
have that beauty. My wife, who is very 'understanding' comforted me and said 
'Darling, I have the solution'.....I cocked my ears... ' you can buy a 
diamond necklace to me instead'.     Women....
/Inge

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From: "Bob Landman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: den 10 April 2010 07:06
To: "Inge" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is......

> Inge,
>
> Sigh...,  I sold my 1988 Corvette Convertable a few years ago for as  you 
> I had no place to keep it when we moved here (NH) from SF CA and  like you 
> we needed all year use of a second car.  Thanks for the  reminder that I 
> need to get the summer tires put on the Jag (XJ6) -  traded in the Vette 
> for it.
>
> By the way, the '88 isn't a Stingray - that's the model in the 70s as  I 
> recall.
>
> Sure was a blast to drive... 6 speed stick.  Va roooooommmmmm!!!
>
> Bob
>
> P.s. Think of all the speeding tickets you won't be getting....
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 9, 2010, at 12:58 PM, 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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> 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
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>>>>
>>>> Subject
>>>> Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that is why we speak about thermonuclear weapons.....10exp 6 
>>>> degrees
>>>>
>>>> at least
>>>> Inge
>>>>
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>>>> 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
>>>>>
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>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> claim to his Diet Mt. Dew stores)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Hillman
>>>>>> Rockwell Collins
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
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