That's great! I guess it just goes to show that the early bird does get the 
worm.  Usually, by the time see the quiz there are already numerous answers. 
I just happened to be in extra early Friday when the quiz was posted. Well, 
I sure will be thankful for their assistance.  There is lots going on in the 
lab.  So I'm going to check their skills at running an ion chromatograph and 
see how adept they are at reviewing SIR data this week.  Should be a fun 
week with the two of them in-house.

Cheers,

Joe Russeau


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 4:59 PM
Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer


> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
> A compound of this element is considered by many chemists to be the most
> powerful base to ever be discovered. The pure element was not isolated
> until 1875. This element is used in the polishing of high refraction
> lenses for telescopes. The words "sky blue". What element is being
> described?
>
> The Answer:
>
> The element is Cesium (Ce)! Cesium hydroxide is easily manufactured by
> dropping cesium metal in water - the very violent reaction produces
> hydrogen and cesium hydroxide. Hillebrand and Norton were able to first
> produce pure Ce in 1875 despite Ce being detected by chemists as early as
> 1803. The element name is derived from the Latin coesius - "sky blue" for
> the element's characteristic blue lines of its spectrum.
>
>
> Lots of correct answers this week but the winner of the weekly element
> quiz is Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory, and he will get the
> services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. The boys are eager to leave
> Pat's task and head over to Joe's lab (they have decided they don't like
> shoveling U-02 pellets).
>
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Dick Krug,  Spartan Complex Systems
> - Clumpy and Kloumpios arrived and were happy to get some warm weather.
> Saturday they helped rake leaves (yes it's fall in Tampa) then went to the
> Florida State Fair.  They seemed most interested in some of the new
> tractors, muttering something about the closed cab would be a more
> comfortable ride, but they also took advantage of the opportunity for Fair
> food.  I couldn't believe how much deep fried food they ate - Snickers,
> butter, burgers, ..., you name it.  Yesterday they didn't feel good so
> just sat around in the sun most of the day. This week I'm going to pick
> their brains on how to improve our ECN implementation process.  If they
> can't contribute much I'll send them back to the fair as sort of a winter
> vacation.
>
> Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC
> - unknown
>
> Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
> - assisted with "haring"
>
> And Pat Goodyear, PGE
> - This time the boys will get to do some REAL work, they each have scoop
> shovels and at present are shoveling piles of U-O2 pellets for refueling
> the cook pot.  We are in the middle of a 60 day refuel outage so their
> help came at an opportune time, the majority of our contract crew left
> this evening, (laid off).   They are however complaining that it is hot
> and they have been working in dry suits and sweating profusely, and they
> have no beers to drop, not allowed on the property.   I offered them Gator
> aid but they just laughed.  I asked them if they knew anything about
> electronics and they could work with us technicians, but they just mumbled
> about John Deere tractors.   They will be working the next 3 days around
> the clock, they will get rest when they are done, we have to get back on
> schedule.
>
> Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
>
>
>
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