And people who drink Mountain Dew, LOL.
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 2:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer
And Barium is also what you do with dead chemists.......
Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins
On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:42 PM, David Hillman < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> Alchemists in the Middle Ages knew about minerals that contained this
> element - when exposed to sunlight, the minerals would glow making
> them attractive for use by witches and alchemists. This element
> produces a green color in fireworks, signal flares and tracer rounds.
> This element is used as a radiocontrast agent for Xray imaging as far
> back as 1908. This element is used in the manufacture of beet sugar
> and soap. Which element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Barium (Ba). In the Middle Ages, small white stones
> found near Bologna Italy would continue to "glow" after being exposed
> to sunlight. These stones were barium sulfate which is a major source
> of barium metal. Barium sulfate is also used as a radiocontrast agent
> in X-ray imaging of the digestive system.
>
>
> The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he 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 Week 49 Leland Woodall Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>
> 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 Leland Woodall
> - I'm going to have the boys to review the new IATF 16949 standard,
> and at the end of the week they can give me their take on how we're
> going to make the transition from TS. This will be an arduous task,
> as they usually get to just play while they're here. This time it's
> gotta be straight-up work. I've already apologized to them in advance...
>
> Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS
> - As I mentioned, I submitted the answer in conjunction with a co-worker
> that will be able to use one of the guys, (not sure who will do what
> just
> yet) to help him move from his office here in Phoenix, to Winserlocks CT.
> for a bit. For me, I'll have whichever one he doesn't pick, help me
> out with some things on a PCB update that has a lot of stuff to fix. I
> may also have him work on getting a couple of other boards ready for review.
> Regardless, they are going to be busy this week, I hope they don't
> mind being separated for a bit.
>
> Week 54 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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