The answer to this week's quiz is another of the half fraction elements, 
Coldium-17.5.  It is the only element that has a three letter designation. 
 Co could not be used as that is Cobalt, Cl is Chloride, Cd is Cadmium. 
So, the International Tribunal of Naming Stuff assigned Coldium the symbol 
of Brr.  It is considered a REE - its rare, found on earth, and is an 
element.

Coldium is only found in the polar regions of the earth and predominantly 
in the polar ice caps.  The mining of Coldium for spring steel production 
is the true reason that the polar ice caps are melting.  All that stuff 
about global warming and CFCs destroying the polar ice caps are a smoke 
screen.  The material is found predominantly in the polar regions as the 
Earth's magnetic field has swept the material there over the eons.  There 
is a mondo-huge deposit of it in Northern Canada, eh.  That is why 
Magnetic North is different than True North.  Its them Canadians.  Might 
also explain why so many Canadians have magnetic personalities, eh?

Coldium, when alloyed with vanadium produces better wearing coils in 
automobile suspensions, especially in very cold environments (like, the 
Great White North, eh?), and also gives better resistance to 
chloride-based corrosion, like salt.  So basically any car going to 
Minnesota has to have such coils for the winter.  Early experiments with 
Coldium in coil springs in Minnesota did not turn out well.  It gets 
REALLY magnetic below -40C and all the cars in International Falls, 
Minnesota were fused into one big clump in January and had to wait for the 
spring thaw to get them apart.  They went to MUCH lower concentrations 
after that.  And for some reason that biologists have not been able to 
fathom, it attracts moose/meese.

Now I shall sit back, and wait for Dave to run out of his cubicle and run 
up to our lab to sniff whatever hallucinogen he takes when thinking up 
disqualifications.......

Doug Pauls



From:   "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
To:     <[log in to unmask]>
Date:   03/14/2014 09:30 AM
Subject:        [TN] NTC Element Quiz Question
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Hi folks - Here is the Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element is one of the REEs. You refine one million pounds of the 
Earth's crust to yield 2.5 pounds of this element. It is alloyed with 
vanadium to form spring steel. It is magnetic at very low temperatures. 
What element is being described?


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, SAIC
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
Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell
Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD
Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int.
Week 41 Steve Gregory
Week 42 Steve Mikell
Week 43 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger

Week 44 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- I've got some very important work for the boys this week.  I'm going to 
ask them to submerge several piles of brush in our local reservoir in 
anticipation of the upcoming Spring crappie fishing season.

Week 44 Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins
- I think I'll have them practice a little baseball & hockey with my son 
this week so I don't have to put on the skates or baseball glove.

Week 45 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- Rumor has it Leland's facility had an ice storm so the boys put their 
salt spreader attachments on their tractors and should 
be at his place today to assist.

Week 46 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory 
- assisted with ????

Week 47 ????
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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