Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
The Question:
This element is a ductile BCC metal with a high melting temperature and
low coefficient of thermal expansion. Nearly 10% of this element's
production is used as an alloying addition for a periodic table Group 5
metal. It is a superconductor below 5.1K. As a pure metal, this element
has no structural applications. What element is being described?
The Answer:
The element is Vanadium (V)! Vanadium is a critical beta phase stabilizer
in titanium alloys and plays a major role as an alloying element in tool &
high strength, low alloy (HSLA) steels. There is 650 tons of vanadium in
the HSLA steel of the Trans-Alaska pipeline which permits the high pumping
pressures to move crude oil more effectively. Since 1977, over 13 billion
gallons of crude oil has flowed thru the HSLA steel pipeline. Vanadium
based alloys are also used as superconductors in some specialized
applications instead of the more traditional Niobium based alloys.
The quiz winner is Tom Carroll of Boeing Defense, Space and Security. Tom
is somewhere in Europe and will need to give Clumpy/Kloumpios an address
to put into their GPS units on their tractors. Sounds like another boat
ride for the dynamic duo.
So far they have:
Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
- accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee)
Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM
- conducted REACH material testing
Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
- Solderability testing and mowed the lawn
Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich
- had an epic journey of travel
Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global
- unknown
Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab
- unknown
Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon
- Was a tackling dummy for Dallas Cowboys
Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
- Cleaned gutters and painted window trim
Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division
- unknown
Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
- unknown
Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
- descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch!
Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation
- assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit
Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions
- Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg!
Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
- conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process
Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with a tin pest investigation/test
Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted Bev shoveling snow
Week 16 David Bealer of Waatchfire Signs
- assisted with reflow profiling
Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired
- assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found
his cousin Kloumpios
Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC
- assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations
Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
- assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine
maintenance
Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
- assisted with ?????????
Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
- assisted with ?????????
Everyone have a great weekend.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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