Thanks for the use of the boys, will put them to good use. 

pat 

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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:

The Question:

References of this element can be traced back to documentation from ancient Babylon, Egypt and Rome. This element is used to make cosmetics have a silky feel and yet is the basis for many industry abrasives. 
Compounds of this element are being investigated as a treatment for brain tumors. This element is essential for plants and is added to fertilizers. 
This element is the basis for an insecticide for ants and cockroaches. 
This element has two naturally occurring isotopes with neither being radioactive. What element is being described?

The Answer:

The element is Boron (B)! The existence of Boron was/is/has been a bit of a puzzle for scientist/chemists. If the Big Bang theory is correct, then an even distribution of protons, neutrons and electrons would have only produced H, He, and Li. A neutron rich region would be necessary to produce Boron. Two other possible sources for boron - a super nova explosion or spallation - the shattering of atoms of other nuclei by interstellar cosmic rays. Boron was known to the ancient world as borax which shows up in writings from Babylon, Egypt and Rome. The source of borax for the ancients was from Lake Yamdok Cho, Tibet until the late 1700s. A large deposit of borate was discovered in Tuscany Italy in the early 1800s and Italy became the main exporter for the next 75 years. The world's largest deposit is in Death Valley in the US and was discovered in 1873.


There was many, many guess this week but the winner of the weekly quiz is Patrick Goodyear, PGE, who will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Patrick has assigned the boys to beach trash cleanup duty - sounds very tough (they were smiling as they drove out of sight)! Bev - your logic broke down when you left out B as an element known to the ancients.

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 Watchfire 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
- unknown

Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
- assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood

Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
- assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event

Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired
- assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking

Week 28 Nigel Burtt
- abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal

Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
- unknown

Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3
- assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing
- assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing

Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC
- assisted with lab testing
- assisted with tin whisker investigations

Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
- attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered"
solutions

Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
- unknown

Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting documentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new selective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had to work hard this week!)

Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
- assisted with new equipment preparations

Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
- assisted with beach trash collection duty

Everone have a safe and fun weekend.


Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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