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And it's Greek word is wismuth, meaning white gob.

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element has allotropic behavior. One of its allotropic forms acts like dry ice and sublimates. This element was known, as part of some ores,  by the Chinese, Greeks and Romans as far back as 3600 BCE. The primary source of this element today is as a by-product of nickel and copper smelting. What element is being described?

Bonus Question:
Provide the Greek word from which the modern element name was derived.


The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.

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 Week 8 Brian Ellis Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 14 Brian Ellis
Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 16 Steve Gregory Week 17 Phil Kinner Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.

Week 20 Denny Fritz
- My first thought for Clumpy and Kloumpios was to ask if they knew how to 

drain swamps.  It has rained here in Indiana almost every day for 10 days and is forecast to thunderstorm for almost ten more.  Any chance Kloumpios 

has any biblical roots and is related to Noah of Ark fame??  At the very least, please have Graham Naisbitt ship some wellies (Wellington boots) here to Indiana for the coming week. Only slightly more seriously, what do 

Clumpy and Kloumpios know about counterfeit components?  Any day, I expect 

to be thrown into that messy topic to support the Department of Defense. 
And, what clearance do the guys have - confidential, secret, top secret, or keep-from-telling-Doug?. Can either run an XRF or SEM?  I presume they have eagle eyes, so they can observe components through our optical microscopes.  Finally, is either carrying a small spare lead-acid battery? 

Our UPS unit protecting the instruments from the too frequent lightning surges crapped out last week. 

Week 21 Amol Kane
- the boys can help me with optimization and qualification of Process Equipment like stencil printer and wash. In their spare time they can enjoy the fine TX summer

          Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
- the boys can stay 2 days with me and as I've always said "a man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking". I'll be training them in stand-up comedy dealing with the dichotomy of Technet humor. Their names and act will be " Grim and Stellar".

          David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
- since I will be out next week, they can take those 2 days off.  Everybody deserves a weekend once in a while.

Week 22 Phil Kinner
- assisted with ?

Week 23 ????
- assisted with ????

Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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