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Well, we might as well start the year in style and here is a first:

The Element Quiz Arbitration Board (EQAB) has made a data request as part
of their researching the authenticity of Doug's answer submission. What are
the melting and boiling point temperatures of Fusium?

Dave, on behalf of EQAB

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Douglas Pauls <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Ahh, I know this one.  What my esteemed colleague refers to is another of
> the half-fractional elements (Imagine that) called Fusium (Fu-26.5).  It
> is one of the transition metals because when used in fuses, it transitions
> from solid to vapor pretty quickly.
>
>
>
> The existence of Fusium was first postulated by Dr. Kokou NMugmabe,
> University of Togo – Atakpame in 1823.  He was investigating various ores
> near the town of Amlane during a fierce lightning storm.  He noted a
> reddish/yellowish/orangish metal in very high concentrations.  A lightning
> bolt hit about a quarter mile away and the ground around Amlane essentially
> blew up. Further study showed that area very rich in this metallic ore
> which tended to vaporize when high amounts of current passed through it.
> So, in reality, Dr. NMugmabe was the inventor of the fuse, not Thomas
> Edison almost a century later.  As Dave indicated, Fusium does not exist as
> a free metal and every attempt to use electrochemical methods to isolate
> Fusium resulted in many exploded plating baths.
>
>
>
> Dr. NMugmabe’s wive, Nadege, was an artist who found that mixing some of
> the finely ground Fusium salts (probably FuCl2)  into her oil paints gave a
> bright reddish/yellowish/orangish color, which she called Fuchsia.  Bet you
> did not know that, did you?  It is fortunate that the concentration of
> Fusium in the earth’s crust is so low or we would be a Fuchsia colored
> planet, and not our lovely blue and green planet, and no self-respecting
> alien would visit a Fuchsia colored planet.
>
>
>
> Sadly, Dr. NMugmabe met with a sad end.  His work with Fusium eventually
> resulted in his skin turning the color Fuchsia, no mean feat for someone
> native to Togo, which meant he was shunned by all men holding a valid “Guy
> Card” and he died of embarrassment.  Truly a loss for mankind.
>
>
>
> It is a brand new year and my evil twin brother Dave is well rested, so I
> expect a truly insightful (i.e. not lame) reason for my eventual
> disqualification,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer
> Rockwell Collins
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:28 AM, David Hillman <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Here is the Element Quiz Question that was supposed to go out before the
>> holidays but never made it out due to the "crash" of TechNet. Clumpy and
>> Kloumpios didn't seem to disturbed about the "crash" as they spent some
>> quality time with their families and are now ready for their first
>> assignment of 2015.
>>
>> The Question:
>> This element is considered "rare" despite it being widely distributed over
>> the Earth's crust. Its abundance is estimated at 1x10-1 milligrams per
>> kilogram and does not occur as a free metal. It is typically produced as a
>> byproduct of refining other ore bodies. It is used to make meltable metal
>> fuses and is used to make brilliant red/yellow/orange artist's paints.
>> What
>> element is being described?
>>
>>
>> The winner(s) 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 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.
>> 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
>> Week 59 Greg Munie, IPC
>> Week 60 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
>> Week 61 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
>> Week 62 Leland Woodall
>> Week 62 Brien Bush, Cirtronics
>> Week 63 Pat Goodyear, PGE
>> Week 64 Ed Popielarski
>> Week 65 Jim West, N.S. International
>> Week 66, Brian Ellis
>>
>> Week 67, Ravinder Ajmani, HGST
>> - Our facility is in San Jose, CA and the weather now is just gorgeous,
>> sunny and low seventies.  If the boys can make it quick then they can
>> enjoy
>> a few days of this nice weather, as we are expecting some rain by the
>> weekend. This is a short week but they can definitely help me with my
>> testing until tomorrow.  They are most welcome to spend Thanksgiving with
>> us, or do sight-seeing and enjoy the surroundings.
>>
>> The boys and their spouses left Bay-area late on Sunday.  They really had
>> a
>> good time at the Thanksgiving gathering at my brother's place.  Everyone
>> loved the mashed potatoes and the corn bread with unique recipe baked by
>> Kloumpios.  All of them were a real sport, and enjoyed the turkey baked
>> with Indian touch.  Of course I had to be extra vigilant about their
>> Akvavit consumption.
>>
>> Week 68 Robert Wolfe
>> - Well Holiday time is very near so, great it's always tough picking out a
>> tree they can help with that this weekend! Enjoy a little nog too! With a
>> little dark rum of course! Maybe the John Deer can help drag it out from
>> the deep woods! Sat was way too rainy here to pick a tree so Sun was the
>> day! They can help with putting it up & decorating it during the week
>> too. We can enjoy some Dark & Stormy's for the decoration efforts.
>>
>> Week 69 Joe Russeau, PAL.
>> - I'm going to give Leland an early Christmas gift by sending the boys off
>> to his facility.  However, when the boys arrived my kids put them to work
>> right away playing dolls and trucks.  Isaac, my six year old, showed the
>> boys the nice hole accidentally put in our new couch by Gramma Tex.  To
>> which the boys asked, why do you call your grandma, Gramma Tex?  Isaac
>> said
>> because she branded our COWCH (True story about Isaac, the couch and
>> Gramma
>> Tex; he came up with that on his own).  Claire, my three-year-old, kept
>> squeezing the stuffing out of Kloumpios.  She kept calling him Wayne from
>> Prep and Landing.  Our youngest, Jacob, demoted mom and dad from diaper
>> doody and promoted the boys.  They were still sporting hazmat suits when
>> they left this morning.  Clumpy insisted on using my oxygen tank from my
>> oxy-acetylene torch set-up.  While they enjoy fraternizing with people
>> their own size, the boys seemed ready to hit the road this morning.  I
>> don't think they are use to all that excitement and energy.  So Leland,
>> they may be a bit amped up when they arrive.  Red Bull was a popular
>> beverage with them over the weekend.
>>
>> Week 69  Leland Woodall, Keihin North America
>> -The guys are doing a great job helping me prepare for next week.  We all
>> gathered up leaves and mowed the yard yesterday.  The neighbors had never
>> seen three John Deeres in one yard before. After work we'll get busy
>> completing the remaining Christmas décor and wrapping the remainder of the
>> packages
>>
>>
>> Week 70 ????
>> -assisted with ????
>>
>>
>> Everyone have a safe week.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
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