Tennessine 

Bhanu Sood

> On Oct 5, 2018, at 7:25 AM, David Hillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> The Question:
> Concentrations of this element in the Earth's crust are typically a few
> parts per trillion, but may reach up to a few parts per million in some
> uraninite ore deposits.In 1961, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
> (UKAEA) produced 127 grams of an isotope of this element by processing 60
> tonnes of nuclear waste material in a 12-stage process, at a cost of about
> 500,000 USD and for many years, this was the world's only significant
> supply.  Today, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US provides this
> element at a cost of about 280 USD/gram. One of the few commercial
> applications for this element is a tracer in geology and paleoceanography.
> What element is being described?
> 
> 
> The winner of the quiz will share 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
> Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins
> Week 71  Eray Canli,  ANDAR Electromechanical Systems
> Week 72  Russell Kido, Practical Components
> 
> Week 73 Denny Friz
> - This week, I need different tasks from Clumpy and Kloumpios.  I think you
> said both can drive tractors - which one is best?  Or, which one can drive
> one of those wonderful red International tractors instead of the worthless
> green John Deeres.  OOPS, John Deere does a lot of electronics and is a big
> wheel in IPC.  Restated - which one can drive a crummy old red
> International without electronics with a 6 volt battery instead of one of
> those marvelous new John Deeres?  That one will be disking, spreading
> fertilizer, and planting seed for the hay crop on our farm next summer. The
> agriculturally challenged one will be helping me with reports on "the
> status of the US Defense Electronics Industry in support of Paragraph 845
> of the 2019 Defense Authorization Act.  All three Defense in DC, Executive
> Agent  at Navy Crane, and IPC are working together on a report due in
> January 2019.   Recently retired from SAIC/Crane - I am now playing on the
> IPC team.
> 
> Week 74 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> - I would defer to Leland if he needs the help.  Getting very cold here and
> supposed to rain often.  The boys probably would enjoy some warmth for a
> week.  Fun to drag out some little snip of information stored decades ago.
> Read up on Wilhelm again!
> 
> Week 74 Leland Woodall
> - The weather here is pretty nice, so the guys can assist with generating
> the Quality reports for September for a day or so, and then perform some
> outside work around the house.  I'll try to take it easy on 'em!
> 
> Week 75 ????
> - assisted with ????
> 
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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