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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