Hi Scott - yep, the history of our elements is full of strange events -
politics, incorrect science, accidents, impact on world events, critical in
most of our new technologies and most importantly, a Friday stress reliever
after the long week of solving engineering/technical issues. I am glad
folks find the Element quiz fun and when Doug gets creative with a new half
fractional element, we all get to have a giggle.
Dave
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Decker, Scott UTAS <
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> Dave,
> I must say, these questions are sometimes hazardous to your morning
> time... I found in my research, I am very likely to be cruising from one
> place to another trying to piece together my answers. Like this one today,
> I sent you my, hopefully correct answer and then, I second guessed myself
> after reading more of your clue. I ended up looking at Cyanide also and
> thinking, hummm, that kind of answers "part" of the answer. That said, just
> thinking that would you put the answer in the question, like Selenium? I
> don't know. What I do know is I'm glad you do these quizzes even though I
> don't always take a shot at them, it can still be a great learning
> experience. :-)
> Later...
>
> Scott Decker – Staff Engineer, PCB Design Services CID+ – Electronic
> Systems Center
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> Subject: [External] [TN] Element Quiz Question
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> The Question:
> A compound of this element was the primary ingredient in rat poison until a
> 1972 Executive Presidential Order banned its commercial use. This element
> and its compounds are extremely toxic to everything and it was once
> considered the "poison of choice" by assassins. Nearly 70% of this
> element's commercial use is in the electronics industry for making
> photoresistors and selenium rectifiers. One of the element's nuclides is
> still used in stress tests for coronary artery disease risk assessment.
> 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 Week
> 65 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc.
> Week 66 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> Week 66 Leland Woodall
> Week 67 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 68 James Head
>
> Week 69 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - but I don't want the brothers to travel so far away (they already had
> been in Israel several months ago)...so they get the week off!
>
> Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins
> - The boys will be glad to be home and see the wives and family for a long
> weekend. They can help me with an 86000 lines of data statistical
> analysis, but then they get the weekend off.
>
> Week 71 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems
> - Boys can leave as soon as we finish forging three Damascus steel knives
> together, from a Vanadium doped leaf spring of an old truck...and in
> addition to their knives, I'll buy them cold beer for their effort and
> sweat!
>
> Week 72 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> - I'll have the boys check the Saber kits. I'm staying as far away as
> possible!! They can help me situate some new mattresses and since they have
> some 'hops' and can 'sky' for being little guys, they can continue to teach
> my daughter their skills in jumping, rebounding and shooting. They can
> also drive me from my glaucoma test and then soak up some rays.
>
> Week 73 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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