Dave,



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.



Regards,

Tom



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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer



Here is the Element Quiz Question:



The Question:

This element has no commercial applications due to it being highly radioactive, having a short half life and its difficulty to produce. The discovery of this element was kept secret for several years. The element was nicknamed "Pandamonium" for a brief period of time. Which element is being described?



The Answer:

The element is Einsteinium (Es). Einsteinium was one of the "new" elements that was detected in the 1952 Enewetak atoll hydrogen bomb test. The Cal Berkeley team later produced Es in the laboratory but the discovery was kept secret until 1955 due to the secrecy of the hydrogen bomb program.

Part of the bomb program was named "Project PANDA" so the discovery team jokingly named the new element Pandamonium for a period of time.





The winners of the quiz are Scott Decker, UTAS and Tom Carrroll, Boeing  and they will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.



FEQAB reference materials show that Es as being temporarily named "Pandamonium". Several folks submitted Americium as the answer since Wiki lists that element as having the "Pandamonium" moniker - sorry, the FEQAB references are the ones we are using and those references don't state that (lots of secret stuff during that era, clearly lots of smoke and mirrors).

Leland Woodall and Robert Wolfe would have been the winners if Am was the element - Doug will have some company this week in not being happy with the FEQAB.





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

- assisted with ????



Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS

- assisted with ????



I hope everyone has a awesome week!



Dave Hillman

Rockwell Collins

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