Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:

The Question:
This element is used to make high index of refraction glass for optical 
instruments and as a catalyst in the production of sulfuric acid. The word 

"Mjolnir". What is the element is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Thorium (Th)! Jons Jakob Berzelius was sent an unknown 
mineral by Reverend Hans Morten Thrane Esmark and he recognized that it 
contained an unknown element. Berzelius reported his findings in 1829 and 
named the element after the Scandinavian God of Thunder - Thor. Berzelius 
had actually submitted a new element finding in 1815 using the name 
thorium but when reviewed, it turned out that his "new element" was 
Yttrium phosphate. Berzelius just reused his proposed element name for his 
1829 submission. Mjolnir is the name of Thor's hammer.


The winner of the weekly element quiz is Matthias Mansfeld, 
Mansfeld-Elektronik and he will get the services of Clumpy and 
Kloumpios for the week. Matthias - let me know where the boys should fly 
into and I'll get them on their way to your facility.


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

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 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.

Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins


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