Steve,
You touched a fond memory from my youth....
Did you ever mix nitrogen tri-iodide with sugar on filter paper? Makes a really great fly catcher :-) buzz... BOOM!
It was in high school that I learned about it's unique qualities from my homeroom teacher (who was the chemistry teacher). He was one of my early mentors - knew how to connect with kids and make science FUN.
I made a batch at home that dried out and somehow exploded spontaneously and scattered the not yet dry portions on the floor of the garage. My dog came in from the yard and set off some of the small particles which then had dried out. As she walked she stepped in it and set it off. She began to run and there was a succession of small explosions which of course erupted purple clouds along the path she ran! Didn't hurt her but sure scared the heck out of her! I laughed my you-know-what off :-)
Bob
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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:45 PM
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Ahne - Sorry! Did not see your post until after I had sent mine out.
You were first!
We are either both correct, or both wrong :-)
The biggest kick I got out of chemistry was nitrogen tri-iodide!
Steve Creswick
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencreswick
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ahne Oosterhof
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question
Dubnium
Nielsbohrium
Hahnium
Joliotium
Chemistry was my worst subject in college, so you can imagine this took some research, rather than knowledge.
Ahne.
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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 14:43
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question
Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question (this one may take some sleuthing so the quiz is going out early):
The Question:
This element has a very contentious history pertaining to who actually first discovered it. This element has been produced by bombarding
americium-243 with neon-22 atoms and bombarding californium-249 with
nitrogen-15 atoms. The element was "finally" named in 1997. The longest lived isotope of this element has a half life of 34 seconds.
Bonus Question: List the two names that were used for this element prior to 1997.
The quiz winner will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the
week.
So far Clumpy and Kloumpios 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
- Were tackling dummys 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 weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving
electrochemical migration failures
Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
- assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection
Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense,
Space and Security
- assisted with root cause corrective action tasks
- assisted with nothing but catching up with the family
Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
- assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing
Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen
bomb
Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits
- assisted with ?????
Everyone have a great weekend.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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