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Ron Feyereisen

SigmaTron Intl.



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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman

Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 7:32 AM

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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Question



The Question:

A member of the Russian Academy of Science discovered this element at Kazan State University in Russia and named it after the Latin name for his homeland. The corrosion resistance of titanium is increased markedly by the addition of a small amount of this element. This element can be found in in plates, medals, and ruble coinage, starting in 1828 in Russia. This element's dioxide is used in thick-film chip resistors accounting for 50% of the element's commercial consumption. 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 Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins Week 71  Eray Canli,  ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 72  Russell Kido, Practical Components Week 73 Denny Friz



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 Mordechai Kirshenbaum

- They missed the connection and had to wait 8 hours at Heathrow. This is their third visit to Israel. This time they are going to work hard. At least the weather is fine.



Week 76 ????

- assisted with ????



I hope everyone has a awesome week!

Dave Hillman

Rockwell Collins

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