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My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
Thursdium (Tu-10.5), which is a very odd element, even for the half
fractionals.  Thursdium, as Dave indicates, is a highly reactive element
and acts as a sort of elemental scavenger.  When it picks up half a proton
(physics of this still being investigated at Iowa State University), it
becomes sodium, which many of you have mistakenly guessed.  When it loses
half a proton, it becomes Neon.  Thursdium is often used as the alloying
element in Keurig coffee machine heating elements, and Thursdium chloride
is the secret ingredient in Old Bay seasoning. Both of these items are in
my kitchen right now.



The key hint for this is that Dave let out the quiz question on a Thursday,
which is the day when Thursdium was first characterized by the great Dr.
Snorfindel Glux, Grinnell University.  Dr. Glux was also an amateur
archeologist, studying the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose, which, together
with Thursday, became Thursdium.  Using a small cyclotron and copious
amounts of granulated pig snout, he was able to briefly get Thursdium into
its pure state.  As Dave said, the material is extremely reactive and
Grinnell students to this day make wide detours around the Glux Crater,
knowing if they walk across the crater, they will fail their next exam.



Thursdium has been identified in the spectral analysis of the atmosphere of
Mercury by the eminent spectral experts Richard O. Gray and Christopher J.
Corbally.  Originally, they felt their instrumentation was out of whack as
the spectral line for Thursdium kept drifting.  The extreme heat of Mercury
obviously makes the elemental proton scavenging exponentially higher.  At
one point Gray was heard to remark to Corbally “something goofy is going on
here”.  Truly a hallmark statement in science.



So Dave, what do I win this week?  And no crap about disqualifying me
because you personally have not been to Mercury to confirm this…..


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:21 PM, David Hillman <
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> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is the 6th most abundant of Earth element but is never found
> in its pure form due to its reactivity. This element has thousands of
> commercial uses - you have two of this element's compounds in your kitchen
> right now. This element derives its name from an Egyptian word. Mercury's
> atmosphere contains a fair amount of this element. This element is
> essential for human life. 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
> Week 30 Leland Woodall
> Week 31 Leland Woodall
> Week 32 Steve Gregory
> Week 33 Leland Woodall
>
> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> - You can have the boys fly into Philadelphia.  They can help load the
> Calibration Certificates into our system and update the Cal date.  After
> that maybe they can help audit work instructions.
>
> Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 36 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
> [log in to unmask]
>

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