BB has advantage!  Make sure you send the one with enough electrolyte.  Hard working condition here.   Need energy drink badly. 
                Jk 

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 2:10 PM
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz:

The Question:

This element has been described as a "workhorse element". It is a low 
melting, low stiffness metal with moderate strength. In humans, a daily 
intake of 15 mg of this element is recommended. A deficiency of this 
element in the human body can cause deformed fingernails and delay the 
onset of puberty for several years. This element's low melting point 
results in room temperature recrystalization behavior measured in seconds. 

Its crystal structure is HCP. The element ranks 4th in annual production 
behind Fe, Al and Cu despite it not being very abundant in the Earth 
crust. What element am I?

Bonus point question: What is this element's abundance in the Earth crust 
as measured in ppm?


The Answer:

The element is Zinc (Zn)! Zinc is more widely used than most folks 
realize. My resources show Zinc's crust abundance as 76 ppm. So the winner 
of this week's quiz is Bev Christian of RIM and Mike Laroe of Cirtronics 
was the closest on the Bonus question. 

It turns out that Doug is NOT in Florida this week so I can't send Bev his 
stapler. And I can't send him his son for lab duty as that would be a 
violation of International Trafficking laws. I'll tap into the Diet Mt. 
Dew tank and send up a gallon of soda instead.


Everyone have a great weekend.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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