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 The Question:
This element was known since ancient times. This element is used in aerial
firebombs as water will not extinguish the flames. This element is the
eleventh most abundant element by mass in the human body and is essential
to all cells and some 300 enzymes. The name of this element is Greek in
origin. The flammability of this element has restricted its commercial
applications. The automotive industry has incorporated this element in
various applications. Which element is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Magnesium (Mg). The name magnesium originates from the Greek
word for a district in Thessaly called Magnesia. The flammability of
magnesium has restricted its use in some applications. For example, Wright
Aeronautical used a magnesium crankcase in the WWII-era Wright Duplex
Cyclone aviation engine. This presented a serious problem for the earliest
models of the Boeing B-29 heavy bomber when an in-flight engine fire
ignited the engine crankcase. The resulting combustion was as hot as 5,600
°F (3,100 °C) and could sever the wing spar from the fuselage. The
Volkswagen Group has used magnesium in its engine components for many years
and Chevrolet used the magnesium alloy AE44 in the 2006 Corvette Z06.

The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he will get the services of Clumpy
and Kloumpios for the week.  John Burke provided the correct response but
as his third response submission so EQAB ruled his answer unacceptable.

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

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
- We have two new SPI's being installed and validated next week, so I'm
sure we can use the help. I hope they are brushed up on statistics and
Minitab, as a whole lot of number crunching will be going on!

Week 58 Leland Woodall
- assisted with ????


I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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