Wow,
Sounds like Chemistry runs in the blood!
Bob K.
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer
Hi David,
Did you know that our esteemed colleague, Dr. Gordon Davy, a physical
chemist,is a descendent of Sir Humphrey Davy?
Bob
On 11/1/13 5:42 PM, David D. Hillman wrote:
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
> This element is the 12th most produced chemical in the United States.
> A compound of this element was an ingredient in toothpaste and cough
> syrup until it was banned. The product "Carbona". What element is
> being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Chlorine (Cl). The name for chlorine was derived from
> the Greek word "khloros" which means "greenish yellow". Carbon
> tetrachloride
> (CCl4) was used for dry cleaning of clothing until it was found to be
> a carcinogen (Carbona = ether + CCl4). Carl Wilhelm Scheele actually
> discovered chlorine when he mixed manganese dioxide with muriatic acid
> resulting in a pungent, greenish yellow gas. Sir Humphry Davy later
> investigated this gas further resulting in the discovery of the element.
> Chlorine also forms 4 different types of oxides: Cl2O, ClO2, Cl2O6, Cl2O7.
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins
> and will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Raye -
> let me know where your facility is located and I'll have the boys get
> going so you can put them to work. Given their tans, I think Heidi let
> them spend more time on the beach than working with the tool & die
> team but I may be wrong (they sure liked being in Florida last week).
>
> The FEQAB did review Doug's submission of "Dazzlium" and since they
> did not have expertise in the dental technical field, consulted with
> the American Dental Association (ADA). The ADA has a crack group of 5
> dentists who routinely assess and vote on important dental topics.
> When posed the question of Doug's "Dazzlium", only 4 of 5 dentists
> could agree with his information. The FEQAB therefore could not award
> Doug's submission as acceptable since there was no ADA consensus.
>
> The next Friday Element Quiz will be issued at approximately 3AM
> Central Standard Time US on Friday, Nov. 8th.
>
>
> 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
> Week 21 Amol Kane
> Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
> Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs Week 22 Phil Kinner Week 23 Guy
> Ramsey, RD Circuits Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Week 25
> Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect
> Solutions Inc Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC Week 28 Steve Gregory
>
> Week 29 Gus Trakas, Viasystems
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 29 Steve Creswick
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 30 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group
> - assisted with draining ,cleaning & reloading a 800 pound monster
> HASL machine.
>
> Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex Sunbelt
> - Our tool and die making team could use some help setting up presses
> and maintaining tools, so Clumpy and Kloumpios will get a crash course
> in precision metal stamping this week! I hope they brought sunglasses
> and swimsuits, because it's still beach weather here in sunny South
> Florida, and they should have plenty of time to work on their tan.
>
> Week 32 Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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