How do we know atoms spin? It is politicians who spin and if they say
that atoms do, then it must be true, n'est-ce pas?
Best regards,
Brian
PS That is my spin on the subject. Honestly, guv, I ain't got a clue. I
believe it probable that electrons orbit round the nucleus, but don't
ask me for the maths to prove it!
On 04/02/2013 20:23, Inge Hernefjord wrote:
> Gosh, you sound like a really learned. The overwhelming is that you seem
> to KNOW what you are talking about. Brian, why didn't you become a uni
> professor or a researcher? Now I want hear an answer on this question:
> how do we know that atoms 'spin' ? Is it simply an anticipated
> expression for energy?�
>
> Inge
>
> On 4 February 2013 16:47, Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> You're just a youngster. The only elements we knew at school
> numbered exactly 92! No transuranic elements had even been made
> known at that time, although Np and Pu were discovered (but were
> known only to scientists) before I left school. I think Pu was
> announced publicly while I was a mere undergrad student at Uni.
>
> For the anecdote, I remember a discussion I had with my physics
> teacher about the new talk of "splitting the atom" and what it
> meant. I don't think he was really up to speed on it because I
> postulated that the atom was split in thermionic valves (tubes) and,
> above all, in cathode ray tubes and the like, because electrons were
> torn from their orbit, citing J.J. Thomson (yes, I was a precocious
> brat in the mid-40s!). He hum-hawed a bit and said that he didn't
> think that this was how energy was released in the recent
> Hiroshima/Nagasaki catastrophes. However, to his credit, he
> explained the outlines of the neutron chain reaction a week or two
> later; he must have researched the basics although he implied that
> radioactive substances all decayed into Pb. Meitner and Hahn had
> postulated transuranic elements several years earlier, but my
> long-suffering physics master had not delved that deeply into the
> subject, while he informed your obedient servant that neutrons could
> knock the bejabers out of the mix of protons and neutrons in the
> nuclei of U atoms. I can't remember whether he evoked critical mass.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 03/02/2013 17:17, Mike Fenner wrote:
>
> It would be an interesting challenge for Dave to come up with
> new questions
> for the same answers. OTOH I don't remember the first set (apart
> from hardly
> any elements have a biological function! So maybe not :)
>
> If you had had somewhat of an ancient education like me you will
> have been
> taught there are only 96 elements, and perhaps thought nothing
> of it. Having
> said that I think some of the transition elements might be a
> challenge to
> construct questions for.
> Best Wishes
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>]
> On Behalf Of Bev Christian
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 9:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer
>
> Dave,
> Yes, please! �Run a new element quiz. �Thank you for doing it!
>
> Question: if there are 112 elements and there are only 96 weeks of
> questions, how did we cover them all?
>
> Bev
> Blackberry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>]
> On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 4:41 AM
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer
>
> I appeal to FEQAB:
>
> a) I gave you the right answer to the element on 28 January,
> long before
> you asked the question
> b) I know you must have consulted my ancient website at
> http://www.cypenv.info/__worldee/files/hydrogen/__hydrogen_myths.aspx
> <http://www.cypenv.info/worldee/files/hydrogen/hydrogen_myths.aspx>
> to
> know the true story about the Hindenburg disaster.
>
> Despite rumours, recent research showed that Alf Landon, FDR's
> opponent
> for the Presidency in 1936, did not send a hit man up the
> mooring mast
> with a box of matches. This conspiracy theory was sparked (pun
> intended)
> by one of the bodies on the ground having been burnt to a
> cinder. In any
> case, the draught from the propellers would have blown out the
> match.
> Consult the above link for the facts.
>
> Brian
>
> On 02/02/2013 05:49, David D. Hillman wrote:
>
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
> The year is 1937. What is the element and the event
> associated with it?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Hydrogen (H.) The event was the crash of
> Hindenburg
> airship. There are several theories on what caused the
> Hindenburg's crash
> - one of the leading ones is a hydrogen leak in the rear
> lift bags of the
> Hindenburg was ignited by static electricity generated by
> the thunderstorm
> at the Hindenburg's landing site. The crash of the
> Hindenburg is often
> cited as the cause of downfall of the airship industry.
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Doug Pauls,
> Rockwell Collins, and
> he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.
>
> The Friday Element Quiz Arbitration Board (FEQAB) has been
> reviewing
> Doug's submission with both Scanning Electron Microscopy and Ion
> Chromatography analysis techniques all day. FEQAB has come
> the final
> conclusion that Doug's response was the first correct answer
> submitted
> (they found no valid rationale to disqualify Doug's
> submission)! I saw
> Clumpy and Kloumpios drive out of the Rockwell parking lot
> heading for
> Doug's house when I was leaving work.
>
> And so we have finally covered 112 elements in the Periodic
> Table! It has
> been lots of fun for me as I have gotten the opportunity to
> meet and learn
> about many of the members of the TechNet community. We all
> use the
> elements in our jobs in various ways and I hope some of the
> strange and/or
> odd facts about the elements have made your work week a
> little less
> stressful. I picked up two new books on the elements so if it is
> acceptable with the TechNet community, we can start another
> round of the
> Friday Element Quiz. FEQAB is also adding some extra
> research staff in
> anticipation of Doug's future quiz submissions.
>
>
> Clumpy and Kloumpios have accomplished many tasks over the
> last 96 weeks
> for the following members of TechNet:
>
> 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
> Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
> Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
> Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics
> Week 79 Brian Ellis
> Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 81 Brian Ellis
> Week 82 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
> Week 83 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger and Fred Cox, MET
> Week 84 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
> Week 85 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> Week 86 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
> Week 87 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 88 Bev Christian, RIM
> Week 89 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
> Week 90 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> Week 91 Pat Goodyear, PGE and Joyce Koo, RIM
> Week 92 Phil Kinner, PVA and Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
> Week 93 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 94 Ravinder Ajmani, HGST
> Week 95 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
>
> Week 96 = Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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