Well in your case Barium Casketate.


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Jose A Rios <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Ha, you’re killing me….. but wait I’m a ChemE, not a chemist.
>
>
> > On Apr 6, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]
> com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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