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 Answer:
The element is Boron (B).  Sir Humphry Davy is credited with the discovery
of boron as part of his experimentation with electrodes for batteries.
French chemists also are given some credit for the discovery of boron for
similar work. Boron has a multitude of commercial uses. A boron hydride
combine with hydrogen makes a great rocket fuel booster. Cosmic radiation
can cause a boron-10 isotope in a semiconductor package to produce a gamma
ray, an alpha particle, and a lithium ion resulting in a phenomena called
single event upset (bit flopping) - not a good thing for your electronics!


The winner of the quiz is Matthias Mansfeld, and will get the services of
Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. The boys are quite eager to go work for
Matthias again as it has been awhile since their last visit.

FEQAB did review Doug's submission of "Everreadium (EV-2.5)" and found a
very disturbing issue. Doug previously submitted a half fractional named
"Everreadium (Ev-99.5)" in March 2013 in conjunction with the element
"Neptunium". FEQAB does not believe Doug was being unethical but there
seems to be issues with a double half fractional submission and their
nonmatching fractional weights. FEQAB believes Doug has a characterization
error and may have an unknown half fractional element masquerading as
something else. Clearly, Doug need to conduct further confirmation testing.

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

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
-   Sorry for the delay also. I was in a global even for our company and
also working with Clumpy and Kloumpios to keep them working on the board
designs I was doing before the event so I could stay in the event. It’s
never a dull moment in our company and as it turns out, I still needed to
help them out, but they did get me through until today, Friday so it was
still all worth it! J It’s pretty amazing that they can adapt to so many
jobs that they get sent to, I wish I could do everything as well as they
do, I could be a star! However, that said, I try to under achieve since
that keeps me out of the lime light and not the spot light or cross hairs…
:-/

Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
- assisted with ????


I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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