Here is the Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element does not oxidize in air. The name for this element is Spanish
in origin. This element exists in high abundance on the Moon. The most
common use of platinum is as a catalyst in chemical reactions. Large ore
deposits of this element are found in the Merensky Reef. Which element is
being described?

The Answer:
The element is Platinum (Pt). Platinum derives its name from the Spanish
word "platina" meaning "little silver". The largest commercial use of
platinum is for catalytic converters in vehicles. The early Spanish
explorers found quite a bit of platinum in South America but it was often
simply thrown away, and there was an official decree forbidding the
adulteration of gold with platinum impurities. The Merensky Reef is a layer
of igneous rock in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa and
contains most of the world's known reserves of platinum group metals.


The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and  he will get the services
of Clumpy
and Kloumpios for the week. The discussion on Moon cheese was quite
entertaining! Its clear that the TechNet community is very creative and
imaginative.

There won't be a Element Quiz next week as I will be "investigating the
impact of lead-free metal alloys on the flight dynamics of North American
waterfowl with an emphasis on tungsten" and will need the boys assistance.


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
Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem
Week 38 Leland Woodall
Week 38 Tom Carroll

Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
- This is really great! The guys can help me to clear out a flat (thousands
of books :-( ) and, of course, if they have enough of the dust of about 50
years, have fun with our cats again......(no dust,only cat's fur in red &
black)

Week 40 Leland Woodall
- assisted with ????


I hope everyone has a awesome week.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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