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I might add that only a few Opposium were hurt during the filming of the A-Bomb expositions. The ASPCA wanted that in writing on the film but it never made it, the films were classified and, well, the ASPCA didn't have the clearance at the time...  Just saying...



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-----Original Message-----

From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman

Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 3:30 PM

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Subject: [External] Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer



Unfortunately, the Element Quiz results were published prior to Doug submitting his response of "Opposium" as his answer.  The EQAB was quite intrigued by Doug's response and promises to conduct an investigation into the facts presented with the submission.



Off the record, that may be the best Half fractional element Doug has ever produced!



Dave



On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Douglas Pauls < [log in to unmask]> wrote:



> My esteemed colleague is in error.  While Fluorine does indeed cover 

> some of the clues, the correct answer is another of the half 

> fractional elements – Opposium (Op9.5), which is just to the right, 

> and slightly behind, Fluorine in the periodic table.  The half step 

> between the -1 valance and the noble elements is what makes it so 

> volatile and explosive.  The element is so named because Opossums, as 

> scavenger creatures, have a hormone which naturally chelates all Op it 

> comes in contact with, such that they become a concentrating vehicle 

> of sorts.  An Opossum, with high levels of Op, tends to explode when 

> struck by a vehicle.  To date, Kinetic Chemicals has lost over 30 

> research scientists to Op-based experiments.  The worst disaster 

> happened in December 1917 in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, and Graham 

> Collins will back me up on this.  The Canadian government had managed 

> to purify about 5 kg of Op had been loaded onto the SS Mont-Blanc.  

> The unstable material caused a huge explosion, setting off the rest of 

> the high explosives on board.  That explosion also destroyed all 

> records on the purification of the material, so we don't really know 

> who gets credit.  The researchers in the Manhattan project, having 

> tons of opossums available in Tennessee, distilled them down for the 

> Op, which was effective in shielding workers from radiation.  The 

> poison Dave speaks of is a lithium-barium-Opposium mixture that is 

> sprayed on kiwi fruits.  Opossums sense the Op and know it is a distant relative present and so keep away from the kiwis out of respect for the dead.

>

>

>

> So Dave, what do I win this week?  I have plenty for the boys to do.

>

>

>

> Doug Pauls

> Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins

>

> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:21 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 Answer:

>> The element is Fluorine (F)! Fluorine is the most electronegative 

>> nonmetallic element making it the strongest oxidizing agent known. In 

>> 1869 George Gore produced a small amount of fluorine by electrolytic 

>> processing that reacted with the hydrogen being produced at the 

>> electrodes resulting in an explosion that destroyed a portion of his 

>> laboratory! It took 74 years of chemical experimentation to finally 

>> isolate elemental fluorine. The Frigidaire division of General Motors 

>> experimented with chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants in the late 1920s, 

>> and Kinetic Chemicals was formed as a joint venture between GM and 

>> DuPont in 1930 hoping to market Freon-12 as one such refrigerant. The 

>> Manhattan Project used huge quantities of fluorine to produce uranium 

>> hexafluoride for uranium enrichment.  Sodium monofluoroacetate is a 

>> mammalian poison.New Zealand uses it to protect kiwis from the 

>> invasive Australian common brushtail possum. Europe and the U.S. have 

>> banned the use of sodium monofluoroacetate.

>>

>>

>> The winner of the quiz is Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital and will 

>> get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.

>>

>> A bunch of correct answers this week so we had to use the fire wall 

>> time stamp to determine the winner. There will not be a Element Quiz 

>> on Friday 23rd as the boys will be preparing to go out to Apex to 

>> assist all the TechNet members with their show/conference/committee activities.

>>

>>

>> 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  Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital

>> - assisted with ????

>>

>>

>> I hope everyone has a awesome week and hope to see you at APEX!

>>

>> Dave Hillman

>> Rockwell Collins

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