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The answer, of course, is Solarium (So).   You don't see a lot of
technical papers on Solarium as it is one of those odd Half-Atomic-Number
elements, in this case 57.5, which makes it part of the Lanthanide series.
 So Rex is ever so close, but off.  It is sort of like Lanthanum, but just
enough different to stump Richard.  Perfectly understandable.

The discovery of Solarium is somewhat in dispute in the academic
community.  Two researchers have claimed to independently isolate the
element:  Dr. Kurt VanderVonHusen of University of Wisconsin - Boulder
Junction, and Dr. Barney Smytheson-Fitzenderhoffen, University of
Minnesota - Bimidgi Corners.  The material is only found in states that
spent eons under glaciers, and so was found only when the ground thawed
enough and decompressed enough to separate it from other ores,
predominantely Norseite.  There is a hell of a lot of Norseite in
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nort Dakota.

The predominant use of Solarium is as a paint additive, as it takes
naturally occurring sunlight and perfectly reflects it, giving rise to the
observation that its spectrum is almost identical to sunlight.  Its more
useful property, as Dave indicates, is the ability to absorb hydrogen, up
to 1600X its weight.  This is most useful in hospital settings as newborn
infants fart pure hydrogen for the first few weeks of its life until the
proper establishment of bacteria (Bev, back me up on this).   The down
side of the material is the two isotopes.  So-A is relatively stable with
hydrogen absorption, but So-B is explosive when mixed with hydrogen levels
above about 14.5 cubic slugs/fortnight.  Extreme caution is needed in that
case.

I would dispute Dave's assertion that Solarium has no biological role.  It
has been shown in several studies that the warm, mood enhancing colors
that come from Solarium doped paint have helped in the "formation" of a
significant portion of the world's population.  I am sure it is no
coincidence that Dr. VanderVonHusen and Dr.  Smytheson-Fitzenderhoffen
both have 14 children.

I now sit back in contemplation of how my esteemed colleague is going to
disqualify me yet again.  His ignorance of half elements is astonishing.

Doug Pauls



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Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:

The Question:

This element has no biological role. This element, combined with another
metal, is extremely good at absorbing hydrogen gas and is being
investigated for hydrogen storage applications. This element, when used in

floodlighting, gives an emission spectrum almost identical to sunlight.
This element has two naturally occurring isotopes. What element is being
described?


The winner of the weekly element quiz 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 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 automotive repairs and for holiday relaxation

Week 49 Reuven Rokah
- assisted with patent investigations

Week 50 ????
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!


Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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