Here is the Element Quiz Answer:

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 Answer:
The element is Aluminum (Al). In the Earth's crust, aluminium is the most
abundant (8.3% by mass) metallic element and the third most abundant of all
elements (after oxygen and silicon). The pyramid capstone on the Washington
Monument is an aluminum casting and the statue of Anteros is one of the
first statues ever cast from aluminum. Aluminum is used everywhere in our
lives today.


The winner of the quiz is Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp, and he will get
the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.


The EQAB reviewed Doug's submission of Statuium and has disqualified his
response (yes, I know everyone is shocked).  There is only one element that
has been shown to have a +9 oxidation state and that is Iridium.  A team
led by Mingfei Zhou at Fudan University in China have successfully formed
the [IrO4]+ cation in the gas phase using pulsed-laser vaporization in
2014. A review of the literature shows no other documented +9 oxidation
cases. Additionally, the Washington Monument capstone is well documented as
aluminum and not statuium. And finally the Cabo de Hornos Administration
commune authorities had no record of the existence of a former land bridge
per a request by the EQAB (they actually asked EQAB to repeat the request
twice).


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  Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp
- assisted with ????


I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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