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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Question



 The Question:

This element  suffered from a naming controversy for nearly 150 years (1801

-1950) due to the ores from which the element discoverers used to isolate and extract pure samples.  The folks at Bell Labs found that this element, combine with tin, exhibited superconductivity in the presence of strong electric currents and magnetic fields making it the first material to support the high currents and fields necessary for useful high-power magnets.  The majority of the world's reserves of this element are found in Brazil. The overwhelming commercial use of this element is in high grade steel and super alloys.  A structural alloy using this element was in the advanced air frame systems for the Gemini program and used for the nozzle of the Apollo Service Module.  What element is being described?





The winner of the quiz 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 Week 52 Leland Woodall Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS Week 54 Leland Woodall Week 55  Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 56  Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 57  Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp Week 58 Leland Woodall Week 59 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Week 60 Leland Woodall Week 61 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 62  Leland Woodall!

Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 63 Tom Granat



Week 64 George Wenger

-  I couldn't have won at a better time.  I recently purchased a 5 acre lot and I need to remove lots of trees, stumps and sticker bushes so my builder can build a new 3 bedroom ranch home. Approximately 10 weeks ago I herniated a disk in my back and I haven't been able to do a lot of work on our lot so I have plenty of work for Clumpy and Kloumpios to do this week.



Week 65  Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc

-  Since the boys are probably tired from all the work George made them do, they can join me for the week at Sunset Beach on the Monterrey Bay. Pure relaxation on vacation. Maybe they can convince the local raccoons to stay out of my camp. We’ll have some great games of Cards Against Humanity with them.



Week 66 ????

- assisted with ????







I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman

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