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Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:

The Question:
This element was known to the Egyptians in its mineral form. Alloying 2% 
of this element with another element produces an alloy that when used in 
hammering/striking applications will not cause sparks - an especially good 

characteristic in an explosive gas environment. A compound of this element 

has been used to produce hydrogen for fuel cells. What is the element is 
being described?

The Answer:
The element is Beryllium (Be)! The Egyptians used Be in the form of the 
gemstone beryl. Copper alloyed with 2% Be produces an alloy that does not 
spark when hammering. Beryllium was originally known  as "glucina" from 
the Greek for glukos meaning "sweet" as Be has a sweet taste. 
Unfortunately, the sweet taste will kill you as Be is extremely poisonous. 



The winner of the weekly element quiz is Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp. and 
he will get the services of Clumpy and 
Kloumpios for the week. Joe Russeau was again second this week - sorry 
Joe, type faster.


The Friday Element Quiz Arbitration Board (FEQAB) again disqualified Doug 
Paul's submission. FEQAB conferred with the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities 
in Cairo Egypt and there is no record of Pharaoh Sekhemib-Perenma'at in 
the historical records. FEQAB assumed that Dr. Gottalottasand may have 
been the only person with knowledge of the tomb thus confirmation of the 
Pharaoh's existence and Doug's submission will not be possible. Or perhaps 
the tomb location is somewhere behind the Aswan High Dam.


So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:

Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Dick Krug,  Spartan Complex Systems 
Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC 
Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited 
Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE 
Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory 
Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 6 Steve Gregory

Week 7 Phil Kinner, PVA
- assisted with booth duty at a French tradeshow and then helped get an 
Easter egg hunt ready for 20 kids

Week 8 Brian Ellis
- the guys arrived this morning, thanks. This is the end of the most 
prolific part of the growing season and weeds abound. The John Deere's 
will be very useful to help eliminate them. Kloumpios has said he will 
prepare a traditional Cypriot ttavas (lamb pieces with veggies with cumin 
and wild herbs, slow oven-cooked in a special unglazed clay pot - Google 
it) for the 1 April Cyprus National Day.

Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
- My Welsh colleague Jeff, whose desk is next to mine, was on holiday this

last week so Clumpy and Kloumpios parked themselves in his seat and spent 
the week spouting jibes and insults, particularly about English Rugby - it

was just like Jeff was still there!  I think you could put that down as 
"providing workplace entertainment and uplifting moral".

Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with a 5S effort - They're scrubbing, replacing old floor tape, 

and helping to get things in pristine shape.

Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins


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