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Here is the Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element name is derived from Greek, Latin and Arabic roots. This
element's primary allotrophic form sublimates, meaning it changes from a
solid to a vapor skipping its liquid state. It can be recovered from copper
and lead smelting flue dust.This element quite toxic with several
commercial insecticide and herbicide applications although it was eaten
during the Victorian era for a very short period of time. In the US, the
maximum limit of this element in drinking water is 10 ppb. What element is
being described?

The Answer:
The element is Arsenic (As)! Arsenic was an element known to the ancients
with its name being derived from the Latin word "arsenicum" or the Greek
word "arsenikon or the Arabic word "azzernikh". Gray arsenic sublimates.
Pressured treated wood used an arsenic compound up until around 2003 when a
voluntary phase out of the practice was implemented - the arsenic compound
was found to leach into the soil over long periods of
time/environment exposure. During Victorian times an arsenic compound was
mixed with a vinegar/chalk mixture then eaten to improve skin complexions -
the practice didn't last long.


The winner of the quiz is Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems  and will get the
services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Graham just edged David
Bealer for responding with the correct element.

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
Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
Week 13 No Quiz,
Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
Week 16 John Maxwell
Week 17 Leland Woodall
Week 18 Leland Woodall
Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
Week 20 Robert Kondner

Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
- Up here at ClearMotion, I've got a board to design... but our recruiter
wants us looking through resumes instead. I think the boys can do that for
a while, and when they're done with that, they can start cutting out molds
for my upcoming cedar strip canoe.

Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
- After feeding them all weekend, I put the boys to work soldering the
battery leads (Pb-Free, of course) onto ShortSniffer boards.  They were so
efficient with those little fingers twisting the wire ends, they got the
next 6-months production done in 4.5 hours!  I gave our minimum wage
technician a pink slip, telling her to re-apply in September.

They had big smiles on their faces as I put them on a plane to Disney
World, giving them each 3 all-day passes (after warning them to stay away
from Snow White).  They should be well rested for the next Element Quiz
winner.

Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM
- assisted with ????

Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems
- assisted with ????

Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
- assisted with ????


I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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