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Very cool! I like the Ra hand cleaner as its marketing slogan is ironic.
I'll add this info to the file!

Dave

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Olav Folland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I lurk a lot and absorb all y'alls knowledge like a sponge, but a stack of
> early 20th Century Radium adverts came across my desk today:
> http://io9.com/seriously-scary-radioactive-consumer-products-from-the-498044380
>
> On 8/28/2015 11:52 AM, David Hillman wrote:
>
>> Here is the Element Quiz Quiz Answer:
>>
>> The Question:
>> Only 5 pounds of this element is produced on an annual basis. When exposed
>> to air, the surface of this element forms a nitride compound rather than
>> an
>> oxide. This element's isotopes have significant commercial medical uses.
>> This element glows in the dark with a faint bluish light. Before the
>> dangers of this element were understood, it was associated with causing
>> cancer in a paint application. This element radioactive isotopes emit
>> alpha, beta and gamma radiation during their decay process to a lead
>> isotope. Which element is being described?
>>
>> The Answer:
>> The element is Radium (Ra)! There is about 1 gram of radium per 8 tons of
>> uranium ore. When radium is exposed to air, Ra3N2 is formed. Radium was
>> discovered by the Curie's in 1898 and they were the first humans to suffer
>> from radiation poisoning. Radium paint used to be used for the
>> illumination
>> of watch dials. The operators would "lick" the paint brush tips to make a
>> fine point for paint application resulting in the ingestion of the radium
>> salts causing severe long term health issues. The human body treats radium
>> like calcium and it gets deposited in the bones. Promethium (Pm-147) with
>> a
>> half life of 2.4 years is used today for watch dial purposes (and nobody
>> is
>> licking the paint brushes).
>>
>>
>> The winner of the weekly element quiz is John Maxwell and he 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
>>
>> 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 Greg Munie, IPC
>> -assisted with ????
>>
>> Week 93 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>> -It'll be great to have the boys back to help with our TS-16949 audit
>> prep.
>> They're gonna be busy reviewing documentation, so they're probably going
>> to
>> be somewhat bored. I'll make it up to them by taking 'em for a few days of
>> saltwater fishing next time around!
>>
>> Week 93 Mike Fenner
>> -assisted with ????
>>
>> Week 94 John Maxwell
>> -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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