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If I find petrified lumberium (3.5), is it appropriate to consider it to be in the +10 state? Is it still that volatile, or more so?



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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls

Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 9:17 AM

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Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Question



My esteemed colleague is referring to another of the half fractional elements, Lumberium (Lb 3.5).  It acts a little like Lithium and a little like Cadmium, hence its use in batteries.  This half fractional element

(HFE) has three valence states.  In the +1 state, it appears red.  This variant is what makes redwoods red.  In the +2 state, it appears yellow and this variant is what makes canarywood its vibrant yellow.  In the +6 state, it appears orange and causes the vibrant orange in osage orange wood.

Lumberium is an exceptionally hard and abrasive material, rapidly dulling any blades used to cut the material.  Early lumberjacks referred to it as Wood Metal.  Toxicology studies on this material have shown conflicting results.  Originally, it was considered toxic, but only because lumberjacks started using dynamite to down trees, often dropping the trees on other lumberjacks.  Almost anything is toxic if you put it inside a large tree and drop it on someone.







Lumberium was first isolated by Dr. Andrzej Bóbr, at the University of Poland – Hutki Kanki. The trees in this area of Poland were exceptionally hard to cut down and so Dr. Bóbr wanted to find out why.  Sadly, not much is known of Dr. Bóbr’s work as he came to a tragic end.  Lumberium in the

+6 state reacts violently (and I mean who-boy violent) to flame, which 

+is

why osage orange gives so much heat when used for firewood.  Dr. Bóbr was attempting flame emission spectroscopy on a pure sample.  The ensuing fireball was an estimated kilometer in diameter.  Truly tragic.







So Dave, what do I win?













Doug Pauls

Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins



On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:58 AM, David Hillman < [log in to unmask]> wrote:



> Here is the Element Quiz Question (With the upcoming holiday shutdown 

> by many OEMs, we are having the Quiz early this week):

>

> The Question:

> This element is associated with Wood's metal. This element has wide 

> spread commercial use in batteries and nuclear reactor control rods. 

> It's compounds are/were used to make brilliant red, yellow and orange 

> colors in oil paints. This element is toxic to the human body. Which 

> element is being described?

>

>

> The winner of the 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 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, 

> SigmaTron Intl.

> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics

> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.

>

> Week 3 John Burke

> -I will be checking out their failure analysis skill set - onward to 

> the laboratory! Update: FA skills are good! The boys had a great time 

> in the lab although things heated up when they thought the laser 

> cutter for cutting out the samples could be modified for laser tag.

>

> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics

> - Drew gave the boys the week off and recommended they head over to 

> Greece and/or Cyprus for some R&R.

>

> Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!

> - assisted with ????

>

> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA

> - assisted with ????

>

> Week 7 ????

> - assisted with ????

>

> Everyone have a wonderful Xmas and New Year holiday!

>

> Dave Hillman

> Rockwell Collins

> [log in to unmask]

>


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