You’re all wrong.  The element that Dave speaks of is Ethylium (Et-89.5),
another of the half fractional elements.  In the periodic table, it appears
between lead and bismuth.  Thomas Midgley was a brilliant person, which is
what you get whenever you have a person who is both engineer and chemist,
who worked with both General Motors and Standard Oil of New Jersey.  He was
able to isolate Ethylium using its partial solubility in ethanol.  He named
the new element after his mother Ethyl.  Historians debate the reason why.
Some say it was because he was a good son honoring his mother.  Others
suggest it was because Ethyl was somewhat soluble in ethanol herself, if ya
catch ma drift.  He found that when you synthesized a compound with 4 parts
Ethylium and 1 part lead, and added a little bit to gasoline, then the
engine ran quieter, smoother, and without knocking.  The resulting compound
was called tetraethyl lead and the rest is history.  Now, Dave is correct
in that Ethylium has been used for thousands of years, but people did not
realize it.  Many of the early grape stomping tubs were sealed with lead,
which had a small amount of Ethylium in it.  Ethylium would leach out into
the grape juice and become part of the wine.  People found that a little
bit of Ethylium in the wind made people run quieter, smoother, and without
knocking.  Fascinating story.  Now, I am going to drink some more Diet Mt.
Dew, which has 0.0004% Ethylium in it, and helps me run quieter, smoother,
and without knocking.


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:16 AM, David Hillman <
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> Hi folks - Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is associated with Thomas Midgley and has had a global
> impact on multiple levels. This element has been used for thousands of
> years. 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 Sign
> Week 22 Phil Kinner
> Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits
> Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
> Week 25 Keith Calhoun, SoparkCorp
> Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB InterconnectSolutions 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.
> Week 44 Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins
> Week 45 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 46 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory
> Week 47 Phil Bavaro,L-3 Communications
> Week 48 Brian Ellis
> Week 49 Leland Woodall,CSTech
> Week 49 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> Week 50 Greg Munie, IPC
> Week 51 Karen Tellefsen.
> Week 52 Greg Munie, IPC
> Week 53 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 54 Phil Bavaro, L-3 Com.
> Week 55 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. deferred to Richard Stadem, GD,
> Week 56 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LLC
> Week 57 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> Week 58 Leland Woodall, CSTech, Inc.
>
> Week 58 Bonus Question Robert Wolfe
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 59 Greg Munie, IPC
> - Those John Deere(s) will be put to good use moving a huge pile of
> wood chips for an Eagle Scout project now in progress.
>
> Week 60 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems- The boys can help me sort
> through the mound of information I'm being flooded with on the topic
> of selective soldering machines.  Despite specifying what sort of
> characteristics I'm looking for in a machine there have been a couple
> of sales people who have simply dumped info on me concerning all of
> their offerings...And of course we will have to get the boys out for a
> sail, and some beer and a donair.
>
> Week 61 ????
>
> - assisted with ????
>
> Everyone have a safe week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell [log in to unmask]
>
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