Hi Brian - yes, OsO4 - osmium tetroxide - is the stinker, it also shows
that Os is one of the few elements with an +8 oxidation state and is a
deadly poison. Clumpy figured you had some tractor work for them so he
brought a couple of extra plow points just in case of breakage. The Iowa
growing season is a couple of months off yet so it will do the boys some
good to get in some early field practice. Make sure they don't spend all
of their time eating!
Dave
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Date: 03/30/2013 02:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer
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The guys arrived this morning, thanks. This is the end of the most
prolific part of the growing season and weeds abound. The John Deeres
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. He had to phone his
family to get the recipe! As the Orthodox Easter is 5 May this year, the
Church unofficially turns a blind eye to those breaking the Lenten fast
for the 1 April festivities!
The quiz was a very easy one because, living in a Hellenophone country,
I knew smell was η οσμή but I believe it is the tetroxide of osmium that
pongs, rather than the metal itself. For those not aware of it, osmium
is the densest element.
Brian
On 29.03.2013 23:17, David D. Hillman wrote:
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
> This element was thought to be another allotropic form of carbon at one
> time. Most of this element is obtained as a by-product of nickel
refining
> from Canadian nickel in Ontario - but less than 100 kilograms are
produced
>
> each year. The word "smell". What is the element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Osmium (Os)! Osmium is not found as a free metal in
nature
> and is considered a companion metal with iridium. The asteroid that hit
> the Sudbury basin in Canada 1.8 billion years ago provided the Earth a
> number of elements! Osmium metal has a repugnant smell thus the origin
of
> its name from the Greek "osme" for odor or smell.
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Brian Ellis and he will get the
> services of Clumpy and
> Kloumpios for the week. The boys grabbed a cargo flight from Heathrow
and
> are heading for Brian's house today.
>
>
> 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
> - The boys arrived and immediately ate pizza and drank 2 bottles of my
> best wine. Then they got very excited and said something about hidden
> treasure at the southern tip of Italy and before I knew it they were on
> their tractor singing and headed south. I didn't even get a chance to
ask
> them if they could help with my current risk reduction task. Well they
got
>
> back last night and started to tell me some fantastic stories about a
> place called the Regional Natural Park Costa Otranto-Santa Maria di
Leuca
> e Bosco di Tricase. This is a regional park of Puglia, Italy and of
> particular importance is the "hidden" fauna, delicate ecosystem that
> invites many species of bats and rare appearances of aquatic fauna in
dark
>
>
> environments of the caves, some partially submerged, in the Park. The
boys
>
>
> told me that some of their relatives actually settled in this area many
> centuries ago and they went to visit them. They also told me about the
> area around the park. There are fortified farms all over the countryside
> with beautiful noble villas that tower above the farms and overlook the
> area. This is a strategic place and has always been a crossroad for past
> civilizations. I most go visit this place. Anyway the boys are now
rested
>
>
> and ready for their next adventure. So much for helping me but I was
very
> glad to see them and have some company.
>
> Week 6 Steve Gregory
> - assisted with packing for Steve's next cross country move.
>
> 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
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
>
>
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