Darn! I didn't think anyone would catch the coin connection to Mn which
shows just how smart and diverse our TechNet community is in their
knowledge. I'll have to work on tougher clues. Nice work!

Stay cool and stay safe - pretty ugly heat wave rolling across the US right
now.

Dave

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Leland Woodall <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi, Dave.
>
> I started to go with iron, but knew it wasn't present in tea.  I knew
> manganese was, and that wartime nickels used this metal.  I'm a long time
> coin collector, a hobby that is also mentioned in the How to Be an Official
> Geek manual.
>
> It's roasting in NC right now, so the guys and I will have some early
> morning golf this weekend.  Next week they can assist me with writing work
> instructions for our rework department.  Joy, joy, right?
>
> Have a great one!
>
> Leland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 3:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MKTG] [TN] Element Quiz Answer
>
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element will decompose in water and rust in moist air. It has 4
> allotrophic forms. There is lots of this element around - it is the 10th
> most abundant element in the earth's crust. This element is found in many
> foods, including beans, bananas and tea. The US nickel coin and the US
> dollar coin are historically connected by this element. What element is
> being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Manganese (Mn). Manganese plays an important role in human
> health as part of our antioxidant system and in plants for photosynthetic
> oxygen evolution. Due to the shortage of nickel during WWII, an alloy of
> copper/silver/manganese was used from 1942-1945 for US nickels and since
> 2000, US dollar coins use a copper/manganese alloy. For both cases, the use
> of manganese duplicates the electromagnetic properties of previous coinage
> alloys making the vending machine industry very happy.
>
> The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he will get the services of
> Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.
>
> Leland - which clue gave it away to you? Lots of folks submitting guess
> but only yours for Mn.
>
>
> 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.
> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro,
> DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems Week 25 Graham
> Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International Week 26 Todd
> MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>
> Week 28 Leland Woodall
> - It was good to see the guys over the 4th of July week, and since our
> plant was off on shutdown, we spent a lot of time on and around the golf
> course.  Not only are they handy with lawnmowers, but they're great caddies
> as well!
>
> Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - You picked a bad time to send the boys to Israel. This weekend is going
> be very hot and very humid in Tel Aviv (92 F and 80% RH) and extremely hot
> inside the country (117 F in the Jordan Valley). I have arranged for them a
> hotel in Tel Aviv, near the Mediterranean Sea so the boys will enjoy the
> cool air in the hotel or run 100 yard and enjoy the sea. The weather is
> going to cool down on Monday so they can go out the hotel and do some paper
> work. I shall take care that they drink enough water.
>
> Week 30 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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