My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
Everreadium (Ev-2.5).  Ev has three valence states.  In the +2 valence
state, it acts a little like lithium.  In the +4 state, it acts a little
like cadmium.  In the +5 state, a little like lead.  So you can see why
battery manufacturers first discovered the material.  It is an important
industrial chemical because it is what fuels the Energizer bunny.  Without
this important element, the marketing industry would be devastated.  Ev
hydride, as Dave indicated, is an effective catalyst, though one that is
somewhat unstable.  It is suspected in a few of the SpaceX launches that
have gone awry.  Trace amounts of Ev are often found with both gallium and
germanium and are hard to separate out.  Because the charge characteristics
of the inverse phase magnetohydrosis, it dramatically drops wafer yield.



Ev was first isolated by Dr. Ivan Romanovichski of the Duracell Institute
of the University of Northern Yakutsk, in 1959.  Not much is known about
the methods used as Dr. Romanovichski came to a tragic and unexpected end.
Ivan was able to isolate and purify individual samples of the +2, +4 and +5
states. He theorized that blending the pure forms would result in a super
battery with almost unlimited power. He was successful (well, sort of) in
the blending but found that it created an uncontrollable discharge rate.
It is said that it rivaled the worst electrical storm ever recorded in
Yakutsk and resulted in spectacular aurora borealis displays for well over
a year.  An interesting side fact: the unstable battery in the Tom Cruise
movie Knight and Day, incorporated Everreadium.



So Dave, what do I win?


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 7:30 AM, David Hillman <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element was discovered as a result of experimentation with electrodes
> for batteries. This element is an important industrial chemical. A hydride
> of of this element makes an effective booster for rocket fuel. The pure
> form of this element does not exist in nature. A specific isotope of this
> element causes semiconductor fabricators major problems. 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
> 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
> Week 8 Leland Woodall
> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
>
> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Tell Clumpy and Kloumpios to get on the first available flight to JFK, I
> live a mile from the JFK AirTrain station in Howard Beach, NY. Clumpy and
> Kloumpios can help me prepare some flammability burn test samples for an
> FAA project that I'm working on. After that they can go fishing in Jamaica
> Bay and catch some dinner.
>
> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> - Dave, this victory is the capstone, the gilding on my career...end of
> this month I'm officially retiring. Clumpy and Kloumpios help will be
> welcome in clearing out the office. Not sure if I will stick on TechNet or
> not...it's been a big part of my life for most of the past 20 years but I
> may go on to do something completely different.
>
> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Sorry for the late reply but I was busy showing Clumpy how to perform an
> FAA Test Setup Conformity for an explosive atmosphere test and then Clumpy
> started to tell me about the new dimensional transport system attached to
> his John Deere tractor. Clumpy said explosive atmospheres were the least of
> their problems during development this new technology. I can report that
> everything is working well with the new transport system. Clumpy arrived
> with a "Poof" in my backyard and he immediately started fishing off my back
> deck, explaining that the new transport system makes him very hungry
> whenever he uses it. Clumpy says that he hopes Kloumpios is having a good
> time with Scott Decker, wherever he is, and that he hopes to stick around
> here for a while since he likes watching new technology being tested.
>
> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> - assisted with ????
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
> [log in to unmask]
>