Iridium?

Tom Brendlinger
Superpedestrian Inc

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:34 PM, David Hillman <
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> Here is the Element Quiz Question (hint: read the clues very carefully this
> week):
>
> The Question:
> This element's primary commercial use is in the automobile industry. It
> also finds use in the optics industry due to its high reflectance
> characteristics. It is insoluble in nitric acid dissolves slightly in aqua
> regia. The primary source of this element is the countries of South Africa
> and Russia. This element is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's
> crust, comprising an estimated 0.0002 parts per million. This element does
> not normally form an oxide, even when heated as oxygen is absorbed from the
> atmosphere only at the melting point. 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 Todd MacFadden, Bose
> - Leland, do you mind if I take them the first half of the week? I could
> use some help finalizing a test vehicle for a stacked microvia reliability
> evaluation, and I anticipate I may be a little groggy Monday from all the
> celebrating we'll be doing after the Super Bowl victory Sunday.
>
> Week 49 Leland Woodall
> - That'll work, Todd.  When the boys get here during the second half, I'm
> going to have them to assist with making my APEX travel arrangements.
> After that, they're free to roam, and perhaps they can run down to the
> coast and bring me back some fresh sea trout!
>
> Week 50 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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