Cerium

If I'm right, I would guess that "ceria" for Ceriumoxide is the name 
for the bonus question...

Best regards
Matthias



On 31 Jul 2015 at 8:59, David Hillman wrote:

> Here is the Element Quiz Quiz Question:
> 
> The Question:
> This element is hygroscopic and tarnishes in the atmosphere. A major
> commercial use of this element is as a alloying agent for high
> strength steel. It is also used as a yellow pigment to color glass.
> This element is a element constituent in the metal used to make
> lighter flints.  Which element is being described?
> 
> Bonus Question:
> This element was called a different name before it was discovered that
> the "element" was really a combination of two elements. What was that
> name?
> 
> 
> 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 Week 81
> Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International Week 82
> Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc Week 82 Robert Welch, Moog Components Group
> Week 83 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 84 Mike
> Fenner Week 85 Steve Gregory Week 86 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense,
> Space and Security Week 87 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik Week
> 88 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. Week 89 Avni Selim Ozcukurlu, Aselsan
> Inc.
> 
> Week 90 Pat Goodyear, PGE
> - the boys arrived safe and sound, but they are complaining that no
> one told them they had to carry water in buckets with yokes. They
> can't use their tractors because of the security at the plant so it is
> a 11 mile hike each way. I can't find enough Dew to keep them happy.
> 
> Week 91 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - I met the boys at the Ben Gurion Airport yesterday (we were on the
> same flight as I was coming back from the States) and put them to work
> installing a new Event Detector system.
> 
> Week 92 ????
> -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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