I'll go for Vanadium.

On 06/01/2012 06:25, Reuven Rokah wrote:
> Argon?
> Reuven
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:50 AM, David D. Hillman<
> [log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> Hi folks - Hope everyone had a great holiday! Here is the Friday Element
>> Quiz Question:
>>
>> The Question:
>>
>> This element has no biological role. This element is used to make steel.
>> This element is used in very expensive luxury cars. This element was a
>> puzzle to chemists/material scientists for a number of years. What element
>> is being described?
>>
>>
>> The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and
>> Kloumpios for a 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 ???
>> - assisted with ???
>>
>>
>> Everyone have a safe week!
>>
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
>> [log in to unmask]
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