Well, you don't want Hillman's chair, trust me.  The EPA has identified it
as a Superfund site. All kinds of toxic waste..............

Doug Pauls



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Actually I was looking for a chair for a new lab we've just constructed.

You'll find my address at the bottom of the email.

The clue for me was in the two names. I remember our metallurgy lecturer
telling us that a couple of research scientists from the UKAEA once
[produced a paper on the differences between Niobium and Columbium.
Stuck in my mind for over thirty years.





On 02/07/2010 15:54, Ken Bloomquist wrote:
> Well done Eric, what are you going to do with Dave's chair ;-)
>
> KennyB
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> I'd go for Niobium, or is it Columbium?
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> Used for inhibiting carbon migration in weldable stainless steels.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David D. Hillman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 09:59 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>
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>> Hi folks - here is the Friday Element Quiz:
>>
>> The Question:
>>
>>           Only 5 metals have melting points higher than this element.
It is
>> nontoxic and is used in biomedical implants. It is a constituent in
>> stainless steel, in nuclear fission reactor core structures, and is a
>> substitute for the element Ta for aqueous corrosion resistance
processing
>> equipment. This element has nearly unlimited room temperature ductility
>> characteristics. This element that had two different names up to  the
>> early 1950's until the international chemist union settled the
discussion
>> on which one was correct.  Who am I?
>>
>>
>> Since we gave away Doug's chair on the last quiz, I have been told that
my
>> chair is on the block this week.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
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