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Dave, is only one entry allowed?  If not, let me try Francium, too.  And I was wrong about the Asimov book, it was 49 years ago (my excuse).  (And I can recite the three laws of robotics, if anyone is interested.)  Louis



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Technetium?  If I remember something I read in a book by Isaac Asimov 48 years ago?????  Louis Hart



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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Question



Here is the Element Quiz Question:



The Question:

This element is never found in nature as a free element. It was discovered in the 1880s but was not isolated as a pure element until the 1950s. It is a key constituent of an alloy developed in the 1970s by the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Due to the use of this element in the alloy, the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University played a significant role in creating a methodology for alloy manufacturing. Because of this element, the alloy has the highest magnetostriction of any alloy, up to 0.002 m/m at saturation; it expands and contracts in a magnetic field. The initial application of this alloy was in naval sonar systems. 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 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp

- assisted with ????



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?



I hope everyone has a awesome holiday break! See you in the New Year!



Dave Hillman

Rockwell Collins

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