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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Question



Here is the Element Quiz Question:



The Question:

This element's content in the soil varies between 2 and 150 ppm; seawater contains 1.5 parts per trillion of this element. This element has commercial application in catalytic converters for the oxidation of CO and NOx emissions in the exhaust gases. This element is is highly pyrophoric, meaning that when it is ground or scratched, the resulting shavings catch fire. This element's name is derived from the name of a dwarf planet itself is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain crops and fertility. 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 Week 45 Leland Woodall Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc



Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems

- Oh goody, plenty of microsections to do on some long term thermal cycle samples so that will keep them busy for the week. And a happy new year to all in TechNet land.



Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils

- Great! We can use the help here in South Jersey. The boys will have to hurry. Lots of stencils to get out. If they do a great job, maybe I'll take 'em to the Eagles victory over the Vikings.



Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing

- The boys will help with an early spring cleaning of the house. I'm getting to old to bend and clean all the molding and radiators around ‎the floors. I figure the boys are short enough to easily reach and clean these surfaces. After they are done with that they can help me approve some Corrective Action Responses from some suppliers and then help make nachos and salsa for the Pro Bowl this weekend.



Week 49 ????

- assisted with ????





I hope everyone has a awesome week.



Dave Hillman

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