Sorry Bev!
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From: David D. Hillman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 03:35 PM
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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 diverse applications from space vehicles to a skin
rejuvenation cream in Japan! This element has caused terrible problems for
the livestock industry in the British Isles and regions of Western Europe
starting in 1986. The element in hydroxide form can dissolve glass. What
element is being described?
The Answer:
The element is Caesium (Cs)! In Japan, there is a "caesium gel" which is
sold as a skin cream supposedly working by boosting enzymes. Caesium
thrusters are used on some space craft for steering. The Cs is ionized in
a vacuum chamber, the ions are accelerated thru an electric field and
ejected thru a nozzle. The heavier the ions, the larger the impulse and
caesium has a high atomic mass. A downside is that caesium is corrosive so
Xenon is often used instead as it is easier to handle. In 1986 the
Chernobyl accident released a large amount of Caesium-137, with a half
life of 30 years, over Western Europe. Livestock, such as sheep in the
British Isles, pick up the Cs from grazing. Caesium hydroxide is highly
caustic and can dissolve glass. In the USA, Cs is spelled Cesium.
The winner of the weekly element quiz is Mike Fenner, Indium, and he will
get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for a week. Phil Kenner correctly
recognized the date of the Chernobyl accident and gets an honorary bonus
award. The boys hopped on a cargo flight at the Cedar Rapids airport and
are on their way to Mike's place in the UK. After helping Mike with their
assigned tasks, the boys are getting a two week holiday break as this is
the last Friday Element Quiz until January (Clumpy and Kloumpios are going
to assist me with getting the Xmas tree up next week). We have covered 64
of the elements in the Periodic Table so far if you are keeping count. I
hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday season.
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
Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications
- assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in
World Rugby Cup and went skiing.
Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
- took the week off, and went to see some Tampa Bay Rays games
Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope
- assisted with metallographic cross-sectional analysis of die cast Mg and
taught a group of Cub Scouts how to hotwire a tractor
Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
- assisted with a customer audit
Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
- assisted with pcb cross-section analysis
Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope
- Andy gave them the week off (BBQ and English ale party)
Week 43: 4 winners
Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with testing of phthalates
Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with installing a new fuel pump on the tractor, mowing my yard
and raking the leaves/pine needles.
Patrick Goodyear, PGE
- assisted with relaxing on the beach following kelp removal efforts
Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
- assisted with the qualification of a Radon-fueled Airvac PCBRM 5.2 with
its new 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head
Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
- assisted with sifting sand at the beach looking for sand dollars
Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic
- assisted with the synthesizing a postmodern fusion of Firesign's
Department of Redundancy Department with Sokol's boundary transgression
quantum gravity paradigm shift
Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic
- assisted with ???
Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted RIM co-ops with research projects
Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
- assisted with counterfeit part inspection and snow plow duty
Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium
- assisted with ???
Everyone have a safe week and a happy holiday season!
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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