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David,

Clumpy and Kloumpios have done such a great job here in Europe that I would like to keep them for another week.

I believe the answer is: Europium

It is used in television tubes and lasers. 

SYMBOL 
Eu 

ATOMIC NUMBER 
63 

ATOMIC MASS 
151.96 

FAMILY 
Lanthanide 
rare earth metal) 

Regards,
Tom Carroll, CQA, CIT, FAA ODA Unit Member
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Boeing Defense, Space and Security - East Region Supplier Quality
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:22 PM
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question and it is going to be 
difficult as the clues are few:

The Question:

This element is one of the least abundant and most expensive on the 
planet. Only 40 tons/year of this element is used but the commercial value 
is $300 million/year. This element is associated with cathode ray tubes. 
What element is being described?


The quiz winner will get to put Clumpy and Kloumpios to work. 

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 commercial aircraft galley inspection


Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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