Thanks Dave!
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...
BTW, I was out yesterday so I didn't see who won until today. Hope all had a great holiday weekend! Sorry Joyce, boy 1 minute can really make a difference!
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Subject: [External] [TN] Element Quiz Answer
Here is the Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element will melt in one's hand due to body heat. This element is truly "exotic" as it can form monovalent, divalent and trivalent compounds.
This element is a non-toxic, environmentally friendly alternative to mercury for thermometer and dental amalgam applications. This element expands upon solidification from its liquid state. This element is widely used in the electronics industry. Which element is being described?
The Answer:
The element is Gallium (Ga)! Gallium is one of 4 elements non-radioactive metals (with caesium, rubidium, and mercury) that are known to be liquid at, or near, normal room temperature. Of the four, gallium is the only one that is neither highly reactive (rubidium and caesium) nor highly toxic (mercury). Gallium liquid expands by 3.1% when it solidifies. Gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) used in electronic components represented about 98% of the gallium consumption in the United States in 2007. About 66% of semiconductor gallium is used in the U.S. in integrated circuits (mostly gallium arsenide), such as the manufacture of ultra-high speed logic chips and MESFETs for low-noise microwave preamplifiers in cell phones.
The winner of the quiz is Scott Decker, UTAS and will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Scott and Joyce Koo both submitted the first correct responses but per the firewall stamp, Scott beat out Joyce by 1 minute.
EQAB is still reviewing Wayne's submission of Gallium as his rationale for the element's origin is a tad bit different than the historical record.
Their ruling on the validity of Wayne's response is pending a data request from the Soviet Union National archives which is never a fast process (Doug can vouch for that).
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
- They can help me this week prepare for Valentine's Day. I'm sure they are great cooks!! They can also babysit my daughter. (Should I trust
them?) I can also use some assistance with my Apex preparations and meetings as well as for wafer and substrate packing for the show. Too bad I couldn’t have them for setting up our booth in a couple of weeks.
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
- assisted with ????
I hope everyone has a awesome week!
Dave Hillman
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