Here is the Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element is one of the few elements that can form covalent bonds with
itself as well as metals and nonmetals. The Greek word for "the invincible"
describes a allotrope of this element. The 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
relates to this element. In the 1700's, it was thought a form of this
element was a form of lead. Which element is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Carbon (C)! Carbon has a number of allotropic forms such as
diamond (in Greek, "adamas" or "the invincible") and graphite ("graphein"
or "to write"). In 1779, Carl Scheele demonstrated that charcoal was a form
of carbon and not lead. The winners of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
was due to their discovery of the carbon allotrope fullerenes (aka
buckyballs), which lead the way for today's nanotube research.


The winner of the quiz is Tom Carroll, Boeing and will get the services of
Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Lots of correct answers, Tom just
narrowly beat several folks with his response.

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
Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp

Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
- I have a bunch of jobs lined up commissioning our brand new lab in our
new swanky factory.  Who have I got so I can get security clearance?

Week 8 Leland Woodall
- Kloumpios assisted greatly with the clearing of my driveway on Monday.
It was good to see the little guy again!

Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
- assisted with ???

Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
- assisted with ???

I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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