Hi Reuven - yes but Tom was the first to provide the correct answer, you
were the second correct answer.
Dave
From: "Reuven. ROKAH" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 10/21/2012 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer
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Natrium (Na) was my reply.
Reuven
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ב-21 באוק 2012, בשעה 00:01, "David D. Hillman"
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> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
>
> This element is essential for all living things. The chemical industry
> consumes 60% and the food industry consumes 20% of the annual world
> production of this element. This element has no naturally occurring
> radioactive isotopes but one man made isotope has a half life of 15
hours
> and is used in the medical industry. This element plays a role in snow
> storms. A compound containing this element finds equal use in the
bathroom
>
> and the kitchen. What element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
>
> The element is Sodium (Na)! The human body uses sodium to regulate
osmotic
> pressure and blood pressure. Sodium is used in de-icing solutions for
> winter roads and sodium hydroxide is used in both the kitchen and the
> bathroom for unplugging drains. Sodium is the sixth most abundant
element
> at 2.3%. The chemical symbol Na is derived from the Latin word natrium
> meaning soda.
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Tom Granat, BAE Systems and he
> will get the services of Clumpy and
> Kloumpios for the week. Tom - let me know where your facilities is
located
> and I'll have the boys headed that direction asap.
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
> (I have archived previous weeks to keep the email size manageable):
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
> Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc
> Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich
> Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global
> Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrola
> Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon
> Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
> Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division
> Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
> Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
> Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation
> Week 12 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
> Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
> Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
> Week 17 Brian Ellis
> Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC
> Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
> Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
> Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> Week 21 Brian Ellis and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense
> Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
> Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits
> Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
> Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
> Week 27 Brian Ellis
> Week 28 Nigel Burtt
> Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
> Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3
> Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC
> Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
> Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
> Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
> Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
> Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications
> Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
> Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope
> Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
> Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
> Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope
> Week 43: Bev Christian, RIM, Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.,
> Patrick Goodyear, PGE and Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
> Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
> Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic
> Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic and Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
> Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium
> Week 49 Reuven Rokah
> Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
> Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic
> Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
> Week 54 Steve Mikell and Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems
> Week 55 Brian Ellis
> Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
> Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA
> Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi and Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
> Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
> Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
> Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp.
> Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics
> Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
> Week 64 James Head, Crowcon
> Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coating
> Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
> Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC
> Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp
> Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc.
> Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation and Joe Russeau, PAL
> Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
> Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense and Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
>
> Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System
> - assisted with the Olympic Closing ceremony, building ionic cleanliness
> test equipment and Graham's golf caddies
>
> Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
> - assisted with metallographic cross-sections after causing Graham much
> trouble at Lords for the Test Match England vs South Africa
>
> Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
> - assisted with mowing the lawn and acting as trolling motors in a canoe
>
> Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics
> - assisted with a visit to the Reading Vanity Fair outlets for their
> holiday sale for new winter clothes, getting the Teradyne back up and
> running and finally assembling a new grill.
>
> Week 79 Brian Ellis
> - assisted with: I'll treat them to Souvla washed down with a bottle of
> Othello. Since I have two fractured vertebrae, I'm going to ask them to
> do some weeding; the garden is in a sorry state. I hope they may have
some
>
>
> attachments for their machines to help with the task, a harrowing
> experience. I'll let Kloumpios go and visit his family for a couple of
> days.
>
> Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - assisted with a new solder joint accelerated reliability test and to
> debug the software and hardware of the system
>
> Week 81 Brian Ellis
> - assisted with loads of weeding the garden and a couple days or rest
and
> relaxation
>
> Week 82 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
> - assisted with completing a large number of tests in the lab
>
> Week 83 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
> - assisted with unknown
> Fred Cox, MET
> - assisted with unknown
>
> Week 84 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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