I want to hear about the possums.

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Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Question

I would also guess Flourine, based on a short piece I read by Isaac Asimov on the quest to create Xenon Flouride.

On Feb 15, 2018 10:47 PM, "Bhanu Sood" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Fluorine?
>
> Bhanu
>
> > On Feb 15, 2018, at 5:43 PM, David Hillman <david.hillman@
> ROCKWELLCOLLINS.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> >
> > The Question:
> > This element is the strongest oxidizing agent in the Periodic Table.
> Early
> > attempts to isolate this element resulted in a number of fatalities 
> > as
> this
> > element results in a spontaneous explosion when it comes in contact 
> > with hydrogen. The company Kinetic Chemicals played a huge role in 
> > developing commercial applications of this element. The Manhattan 
> > Project used huge quantities of a compound of this element. As a 
> > poison, a compound of this element is used to protect kiwis from 
> > possums. 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 Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils Week 48 Tom Carroll, 
> > Boeing
> >
> > 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 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> > - They can help me this week prepare for Valentine's Day.  I'm sure 
> > they are great cooks!!  They can also babysit my daughter. (Should I 
> > trust
> > them?) I can also use some assistance with my Apex preparations and 
> > meetings as well as for wafer and substrate packing for the show.  
> > Too
> bad
> > I couldn’t have them for setting up our booth in a couple of weeks.
> >
> > Week 51 ????
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> >
> > I hope everyone has a awesome week.
> >
> > Dave Hillman
> > Rockwell Collins
> > [log in to unmask]
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