Europium

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:25 AM, David Hillman <
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> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is a metal but is not very useful by itself. The combination
> with iron results in a filter for microwave communication systems or the
> combination with aluminum results in a material that can intensify a single
> frequency of light. The oxide of this element can be used to produce the
> color red for TV and computer screens. This element played a key role in
> superconductor research. Which element is being described?
>
>
> The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for
> the week.
>
>
> 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
>
> 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
> - 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?
>
> Week 31 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 32 Steve Gregory
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 33 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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>



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Bhanu Sood
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