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And people who drink Mountain Dew, LOL.



-----Original Message-----

From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls

Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 2:58 PM

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Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer



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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>


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