Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
The Question:
This element is severely regulated but only costs $10 per millionth of a
gram. It has commercial applications in moisture measurement, bone cancer
treatments and as a portable neutron source. The towns of Yreka, Eureka,
and Barstow. What element is being described?
The Answer:
The element is Californium (Cf)! Californium was discovered by the UC
Berkeley research team led by Seaborg in 1950. The Cf-252 isotope has a
half life of 2.65 years thus making it useful in some commercial
applications. Cf-252 spontaneously emits neutrons and since they have no
electrical charge cause materials that absorb them to be radioactive. This
trait is utilized for the analysis of oil bearing rock and in gold/silver
mining as the radiated ore can be analyzed by the drill head electronics.
And for the folks who were stumped by the town names - they are all cities
in the state of California in the USA.
The winner of the weekly element quiz is Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. and
he will get the services of Clumpy and
Kloumpios.
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
Week 29 Steve Creswick
Week 30 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group
Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex Sunbelt
Week 32 Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins
Week 33 Steve Creswick
Week 34 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
Week 35 Don Vischulis
Week 36 Greg Munie, IPC
Week 37 Larry Dzaugis
- assisted with cleaning out the basement. We have been here 6 years, it
will not take long. Will have a large assortment of the local sausages and
beer, not AB. Tell them to watch out for freezing rain, sit tight
somewhere warm. No one can drive on wet ice. Better to delay or skip trip
than wreck.
Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell
- assisted with ????
Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD
- assisted with ????
Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
- deferred the boys to Curt's facility
Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with ????
Everyone have a safe week.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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