My esteemed, though slightly waterlogged, colleague Dave is referring to
another of the half fractional elements - Pulsium (Pl 36.5). One of the
primary characteristics of Pulsium is that it had a capacitive effect,
storing energy by shifting electron orbits, then releasing them in pulses.
The pulsing is so regular it was proposed as an international time base,
but was rejected, as cesium was already being used and there was no budget
for another kind of clock.
As Dave has indicated, this capacitive effect has many uses: the energy
regulation in strobe lights as it plays very nicely with xenon; all pulsed
lasers have a small amount of pulsium in them, etc.
The first isolation of Pulsium came in the early 1800s, by Dr. Mirum Unum
at the University of Australia at Yulara. Mirum Unum is actually Latin for
"strange one" (it is too Dave, go look it up), and Dr. Unum certainly was.
A goofie Aussie at best, Dr. Unum found that trace amounts of Pulsium
caused one to lose all sense of restraint and decorum. The list of his
bizarre exploits is too numerous to list here, but even I had to say
"whoa". Dr. Unum came to an abrupt end when Mrs. Unum found Dr. Unum
exploring the decorum-reducing effect with some of his female lab
assistants. To this day it still holds the record as the bloodiest murder
in Australian history. Never piss off an Aussie Sheila. The effects of
Pulsium actually made it into the English language and is the origin of
impulse or impulsiveness.
The blue color Dave refers to is from the spectral lines associated with
pulsars, as determined by Dr. Sven Uffdason of the University of Minnesota
- Hallock. He found that pulsars, allowing for Doppler Shifts, is heavily
in the blue range of the visible spectrum. He also found that many of the
blue gas giants seem to have a strong spectral correlation to Pulsium. Dr.
Uffdason is in upper Minnesota, and der is not much to do up dere except
vatch da stars.
I can now go back to my work, happy that I have brought a little more
enlightenment into this world. I now breathless await the response of my
enlightenment-challenged colleague, the Duke of Darkness, The Count of
Consternation, The Marquis Du Muckup......
Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:28 PM, David Hillman <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> 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 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 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
> - I can hear the rumble of John Deeres coming up the hill, 2 minutes and
> they will be here. Their relatives have been told and replied that they
> should not expect good food as they are in the Lenten fast, as are many
> people here, awaiting the Orthodox Easter, a week after the Western one.
> All
> animal products forbidden, virtually vegan. In the last week, only dry
> bread
> and water are allowed, not even olive oil. Happily, the boys will be well
> fed chez Brian, as he does not go along with fasting; I have a big
> lump of leg of pork marinating in wine and spices for a good roast for
> dinner this evening. There is a big thumping at the door...
>
> 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 ????
> -assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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> 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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