Its known in Australia as Didgeridoodium and in South Africa as Zuluium.

In the West its called Zirconium?

As regards furniture, can I please have a larger storage cabinet for all this Mountain Dew? Man, he has a whole LOAD of this stuff, and I've been trying to get it into manageable proportions since 12th March!

If I am correct, Dave Torp's chair was previously used for lion taming? 

Graham Naisbitt - KBO

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On 16 Jul 2010, at 13:39, David D. Hillman wrote:

> Hi folks - ok, here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
> 
> The Question:
> 
> This element has been described as "titanium on steroids". Both Ti and 
> this element have the same HCP and BCC crystal structures, are highly 
> reactive, are costly to refine and difficult to machine. This element has 
> a low CTE thus making it ideal for coupling with ceramic materials. 
> Australia and South Africa are the largest producers of ore which contains 
> this element. Nuclear applications accounted for approximately 90% of this 
> element's sales. Which element am I?
> 
> 
> We are getting kinda low on office furniture so the winner of this week's 
> quiz will get Dave Torp's chair (IPC Vice President, Standards and 
> Technology). I don't know what kind of chair Dave has but it probably is 
> better than Doug's or mine.
> 
> 
> Good Luck.
> 
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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