The guys arrived Saturday, and helped with getting my boat ready for
this summers fishing trips. Today we will be replacing a conveyor in
one of my reflow ovens, then wave maintenance for the rest of the week.
Keith S. Calhoun
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Sopark Corporation
3300 South Park Avenue
Lackawanna, New York 14218
716-822-0434 Ext. 237
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 3:11 PM
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer
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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