My esteemed colleague is referring to another of the half fractional
elements, Statuium (Su), which appears between Aluminum and Silicon in the
(outdated) periodic table.  This is a fascinating half fractional.  As Dave
indicates, it is not found in it’s pure state in nature.  Sometimes, it is
found as a combination with carbon, potassium and sulfur (SuCKS) or in
combination with phosphorus and erbium (SuPEr).  Statuium is the only known
element with a +9 valence state (let it go Bev), which makes it an
excellent binder material.  The SuPEr compound is much higher in quality,
but is not as abundant as the coarser, less refined SuCKS compound.  So the
Washington Monument and the Statue of Anteros both have high levels of
SuPEr in them, while the material that you see passing for “modern art”
incorporates the SuCKS.  Great works of art like Michelangelo’s Statue of
David have been found to contain high levels of Statuium, where most high
quality marble and granite likewise have high concentrations.  As Dave
indicates, Statuium has many commercial applications.  Small amounts are
added to women’s cosmetics with the claim of making ladies “statuesque”.  It
is often added to bitumen as a binder agent for road paving.  Sadly, Iowa
roads all seem to use the lesser quality SuCKS combination.



While the element was suspected for many years, it was not until 1967 that
Dr. Clyde Teitelboim at the University of Chile at Cabo de Hornos was able
to isolate the compound. He was able to locate an extremely concentrated
vein of SuPER at the Isla Navarino.  Building on the work of Marie Curie,
he was able to isolate about a 2 kg mass of Statuium.  Sadly, Dr.
Teitelboim came to a sad end.  Because of the +9 valence state (let it go
Bev), it was so hungry for other materials that it formed a spectacular
implosion, similar to a black hole sucking in matter.  Up until that time,
Cabo de Horros was on a land bridge between Chile and Argentina, but the
implosion sucked up not only Dr. Teitelboim (and all his notes) but the
land bridge and pulled in the sea from both Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
where it exists to this day.  Truly a tragedy.



So Dave, what do I win this week?  The boys need to come home.  The wives
are getting cranky.



Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 7:11 AM, David Hillman <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is not found in its pure state in nature yet its the third
> most abundant element found in the Earth's crust. The largest piece of this
> element (2.8kg) ever cast at that time, is part of the Washington
> Monument. The statue of Anteros in Piccadilly Circus, London. This element
> has thousands of commercial applications. 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
> Week 49 Leland Woodall
> Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> Week 52 Leland Woodall
> Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS
>
> Week 54 Leland Woodall
> -  We recently bought some new 3D AOI equipment, and the guys are assisting
> me with the disposition of questionable calls made by our associates.  I
> should have known they were well-versed in IPC-A-610 acceptability
> criteria.  They hadn't made me aware of this in the past, and then told me
> it was because I'd never asked...      Shame on me, right?
>
> Week 55  Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Clumpy and Kloumpios will arrive just in time to help with some spring
> cleaning outside. Can't wait for this winter to be gone. You are probably
> dealing with Winter Storm Xanto right now, good luck with that. I hope it
> misses New York City as it moves east. Please have them bring the tiller
> attachment for their John Deere so they can easily turn the soil in the
> front flower bed. After the boys get done with the yard work they can relax
> on the deck with some nice IPA and go fishing in the canal out back. I know
> they enjoyed that last time they visited.
>
> Week 56  Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - I picked the boys from Ben Gurion Airport after a 24 hr delay. I shall
> let them to overcome the Jet Lag, but  tomorrow they are going to work hard
> at my labs. I hope they will enjoy their stay
>
> Week 57 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
> [log in to unmask]
>