well,  someone did irradiating diamond to create blue diamond using a  
borrowed large pure diamond with little defect... after study the  
defect contributed to the blue color, the chap decided to increase  
the dosage - he got more or less of condensed graphite... and have  
trouble to try explain to the owner of the diamond what actually  
happened... (i don't think  the owner believe the "science" that much).
On Dec 8, 2017, at 8:03 AM, Graham Collins 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 irradiated 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
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:david.hillman@rockwellcollins 
> .com>