Wow,

  Sounds like Chemistry runs in the blood! 

Bob K.

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Landman
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 10:36 AM
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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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