Hi Graham - my "vision" was these research teams all standing in front of
their Periodic Tables and throwing darts with the outcome of - " well, we
have never tried smashing those two elements together!"

Dave

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Graham Collins <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> So is discovering new isotopes kinda the modern day version of crazy
> cooking?  Like making a haggis?  I'm just sitting in the lab wondering
> "hey, what would I get if I irridated bismuth with zinc for say 450 days or
> so?"
>
> regards,
>
> Graham Collins
> Senior Process Engineer
> Sunsel Systems
> (902) 444-7867
>
> On 12/7/2017 7:12 PM, David Hillman wrote:
>
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is extremely radioactive and its most stable known isotope has
> a half life of about 8 seconds. The Dubna/LIvermore research team and the
> RIKEN research team both made claim to have first discovered this element.
> Only 450 days of irradiating bismuth with zinc was needed to produce ONE
> atom of this new element. There are no commercial applications for this
> element. 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
> - Clumpy and Kloumpios can help with winter cleaning chores around the
> house. We just received our first blast of cold air today and it is
> expected to be colder tomorrow, so tell the boys to pack their winter
> suits. I need help removing air conditioners from windows and sealing up
> some drafts around windows and doors. After that the boys can relax and
> join me on a trip to Philadelphia to perform some FAA Conformities next
> week. Do they like soft pretzels? The ones I get in Philadelphia are great,
> especially when they are fresh out of the oven.
>
> Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 43 Joyce Koo
> - Great, the two chaps can help me to wrap my head around the newly
> discovered planet by NASA that not only earth like, but also just 11 light
> years away (like live just under our nose)... http://www.planetary.
> org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171115-ross-128b.html?utm_campa
> ign=planetarypost&utm_medium=email&utm_source=post1117
> may be prepare search the alien under the sea?  (avoid competition of
> search alien above the sea, like "expedition unknown" TV show).   - dave
> you might not get them back if both get lost in the darkness ;-).
>
> Week 44 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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> >
>