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James Head BEng MIET CID+

James Head PCB Design and Engineering
11 Charmind Walk,Winterbourne Road, SWINDON, SN25 1QA
Telephone: 01793 266237
Mobile: 07870 945579
Skype: headjames
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Website: www.jameshead.co.uk

On 22 December 2017 at 13:26, David Hillman <
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> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> Tools made of with a metal alloy containing this element do not create
> sparks when they strike a steel surface. Due to this element's properties,
> it has the best heat dissipation characteristics per unit weight. The
> element was used to uncovered the existence of the neutron.  An early major
> application of this element was in brakes for military airplanes because of
> its exceptional ability to dissipate heat. This element is a p-type dopant
> in III-V compound semiconductors. 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
> 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
> Week 40 Leland Woodall
> Week 41 Tom Carroll
> Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 43 Joyce Koo
>
> Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> - How good are they in basketball?  Maybe they can help my 8-year old
> daughter in her practice and her game.  We will be having some warm
> temperatures next week, in the 80F range so they can pack light.  They can
> assist me in visiting customers, might have to take them to the beach or
> Disneyland, finalize projects for year-end and keep my colleagues in
> line.  Can
> I send them to my factory to assist in long lead-time delays on our
> products? (They can play the good guy, bad guy)
>
> Week 45 Leland Woodall
> - You're a good guy, Frank.  I can use them both to help me prepare for
> Christmas.  I'm so far behind it's not even funny!
>
> Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> - Leland,  take 'em both, I have to travel next week and the boys can be a
> pain when by themselves (like getting into mischief)
>
> Week 46 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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