Bi used in BGO crystal?
On Mar 9, 2018, at 7:02 AM, David Hillman wrote:

>  Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> The credit for originally discovering this element was a huge  
> controversy -
> eventually the discovery credit was given by the International  
> Commission
> on Atomic Weights to three different individuals who all independently
> "discovered" the element, including an American chemist. The discovery
> credit was so controversial that this element was referred to by a
> different name by German chemists up to 1949. This element has few
> commercial applications primarily due to the difficulty and cost of
> producing the pure element. Some of this element's isotopes have  
> been used
> to date meteorites. A compound of this element has been utilized for
> detectors in positron emission tomography (PET). 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  Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> - I have a hectic week ahead, and I can really use help from the  
> boys.  I
> don't know much about their computer skills, but I need to carry  
> out lot of
> simulation work.  Since the work is mostly routine, I am sure they  
> can pick
> it up fast.  Then there are ESD measurements to be done. Since we are
> closed on Monday, they can enjoy long weekend with their families,  
> and show
> up on Tuesday.
>
> Week 52 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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