I was on holiday last week so only just got back to use my technet subscribed work e-mail today. Clumpy and Kloumpios arrived last week and helped paint the ceilings of my home and the re-survey of an orienteering map for my local club.  They didn't quite get the concept of staying still long enough for me to get a bearing on them though so the resulting map be "interesting".  They were rewarded with more English Ale before I packed them off to Leland.

Regards,

James

James Head BEng CID+ MIIE MIET
Senior PCB CAD Engineer
Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
2 Blacklands Way
Abingdon Business Park
ABINGDON
OX14 1DY
Telephone: 01235 557700 extension 289
Fax: 07092024504
E-mail: [log in to unmask]



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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: 02 November 2012 22:36
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:

The Question:

This element plays no role in living organisms and is not normally found outside nuclear facilities. Three different research groups in the 1930s claimed to have discovered this element but were mistaken. This element was discovered in 1940 but that discovery was keep secret due to WW2. This 

element does occur naturally on the Earth in very very very minute quantities. What element is being described?

The Answer:

The element is Neptunium (Np! Neptunium derives its name from the planet Neptune as Np is the element following Uranium (named for the planet Uranus). The first pure Np compound (NpO2) was created in 1944. Edwin McMillan made Np from uranium-238 at the Berkeley labs in May 1940.


The winner of the weekly element quiz is James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited,and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Clumpy and Kloumpios jumped on a cargo flight today for Jame's facility.


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