Hi Joyce - remember that to be "fair" to everyone on the planet and
multiple time zones, the posting of the Element Quiz was announced to be
any time from Thursday, Noon, Central Standard Time Zone, USA to Friday,
Midnight, Central Standard Time Zone USA.  Keeps everyone guessing.

Dave

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:28 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> not fair.  it is not even Friday... strange
> > Here is the Element Quiz Answer:
> >
> > The Question:
> > This element has a wide range of commercial uses: strobe lights, lasers
> > and
> > ion propulsion engines. The word "stranger" or "strange one". The color
> > "blue". Which element is being described?
> >
> > The Answer:
> > The element is Xenon (Xe). The name xenon is derived from the Greek word
> > "xenon" meaning "strange one or stranger". Xenon makes up just 0.086 ppm
> > by
> > volume of air.  Xenon is also approximately 4.5X heavier than air. Xenon
> > headlights have a characteristic "blue" glow. Ramsay and Travers had to
> go
> > to extreme lengths to discover xenon - they had to produced 10,000 pounds
> > of krypton in their refrigeration system to obtain just one pound of
> xenon
> > (fractional distillation of air methodology).
> >
> >
> > The winner of the weekly element quiz is Leland Woodall, CSTech, and
> > Robert
> > Welch, Moog Components Group, and they will split the services of Clumpy
> > and Kloumpios for the week. The time stamp for their answers from the
> > Rockwell Collins firewall was so close that it was easier to call it a
> > tie!
> >
> > EQAB reviewed Doug's "Pulsium" submission and after extensive research
> has
> > again disqualified his response. The EQAB investigation revealed that
> > pulsars emit electromagnetic radation which is not observable in the
> > visible spectrum. And the color of a pulsar will be dictated by its
> > temperature which means colors other than blue are possible.
> >
> > However, EQAB did learn a new fact as part of its research - the two
> > Pioneer spacecraft plaques have Earth's position documented by 14
> specific
> > pulsars relative to our Sun thus providing anyone who bumps into those
> > spacecraft the ability to calculate our location in terms of both space
> > and
> > time. Not sure if that is a good thing or not.................
> >
> >
> > 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
> > Week 68 Robert Wolfe
> > Week 69 Joe Russeau, PAL.
> > Week 69 Leland Woodall, Keihin North America
> > Week 70 Jim West, N.S. International
> > Week 71 Steve Gregory
> > Week 72 Bhanu Sood, CALCE
> > Week 72 Ed Popielarsk
> > Week 72 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group
> > Week 73 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics GmbH
> > Week 74 Greg Munie, IPC
> > Week 75 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins
> > Week 76 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> > Week 77 Robert Kondner, Index Designs
> > Week 77 Bonus Brien Bush, Cirtronics
> > Week 78 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> > Week 79 Denny Fritz, SAIC
> > Week 80 Brian Ellis
> >
> > Week 81 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> > -The guys are very lucky. This week, most of the country is on vacation .
> > They are also going to enjoy a great  weather. Tell me when they are
> going
> > to arrive at Ben Gurion Intl airport. Starting last Saturday and until
> > Friday, we have Passover Holiday and most of the people don't work. Our
> > tin/lead and lead-free assembly lines were closed on April 2nd. So the
> > boys
> > and I are going to tour the country. I hope next Sunday they will do some
> > work to start the assembly lines just before leaving Israel.
> >
> > Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International
> > -The boys arrived late Sunday and I had them over for a nice home cooked
> > meal, which is my favorite meal that my wife prepared and consisted of
> > roast beef, potatoes, carrots and broccoli....yum!  Shared with them some
> > of my diverse adult beverages and told them to enjoy but also to take it
> > easy as I had a big week planned for them.  Well, the evening went on
> fine
> > but the adult beverages took over and left all of us feeling a little
> > rough
> > the next morning :-0   So, we started our Monday morning off a little
> late
> > and it took us a better part of the day to get moving.  The boys are hard
> > workers and they helped me with multiple projects this week and made my
> > job
> > a little easier and I believe they felt a sense of accomplishment, even
> > though we didn't get off to a good start the beginning of the week.  They
> > are primed and raring to go for the next lucky individual that gets their
> > services.
> >
> > Week 82 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> > -assisted with ????
> >
> > Week 82 Robert Welch, Moog Components Group
> > -assisted with ????
> >
> >
> > Everyone have a safe week.
> >
> > Dave Hillman
> > Rockwell Collins
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Data Credit Note: the information in the Element Quizzes is taken from
> > several published sources including The History and Use of Our Earth's
> > Chemical Elements by R. Krebs and Nature's Building Blocks by J. Emsley.
> >
> >
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