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Actually, I'll make use of their services here in Oregon. One can help me
make sense out of a lot of data regarding the precision of the size of
stencil apertures cut in various ways using different machines and
processes.
The other one can help me cut and split wood in the forest behind the house
and make firewood for the winter. The tractor will come in very handy.
I will have to interview both to see who has the best skills for each task.

Looking forward to their help,

Ahne.

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:20
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:

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 Answer: 

The element is Dubnium (Db). There was a period of element discovery in 
the late 1960s thru the late 1970s where there was considerable confusion 
and contention on who discovered what transfermium elements. Db was caught 
up in that chaos. The scientists at JINR in Dubna Russia claimed discovery 
in 1967, then the scientists at UC Berkeley USA claimed discovery in 1970. 
The credit and naming issue was resolved in 1997. The bonus question 
answers are nielsbohrium (Ns) and hahnium (Ha) which were both used for a 
period time until 1997. I don't believe the committee ever considered 
Doug's "dummynium" as a viable naming option.


The quiz winner is Ahne Oosterhof of A-Laser so Clumpy and Kloumpios will 
fire up the tractors and head for Milpitas CA (???) for a week of service.

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 ?????

Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
- assisted with ?????

Everyone have a great weekend.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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