Well, that brings up a controversial discussion.  Originally, Ivan was
going to name it Duracellium, after the institute, but oddly, the parent
company of Duracell threatened to sue, so this was not pursued.  Ivan than
proposed Interstatium, and was likewise threatened with legal action.  Ivan
was tentatively pursuing the name of Everreadium at the time of his death,
having no idea that the name was being pursued elsewhere.  And, since the
International Commission on Naming Stuff never formally adopted either
name, being comprised of stodgy old men, it remains up in the air as to
which has the greater claim to the name.  There are passionate proponents
on both sides of the fence.  So, I am not wrong.  But then, neither am I
right.  So I am half-right.

Raises the question of whether a double half fractional is a quarter
fractional?


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:17 PM, 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 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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>