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 Answer:
The element is Ruthenium (Ru). The Russian-born scientist of Baltic-German
ancestry and a member of the Russian Academy of Science Karl Ernst Claus
discovered the element in 1844 at Kazan State University in Russia and
named it after the Latin name of his homeland, Ruthenia. Ruthenium dioxide
with lead and bismuth ruthenates are used in thick-film chip resistors.  A
new application of ruthenium is acting as the capping layer for extreme
ultraviolet photo masks. Roughly 12 tonnes of ruthenium are mined each year
with world reserves estimated at 5,000 tonnes.


The winner of the quiz is Tom Carroll, Boeing and he will get the services
of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.


EQAB did review Doug's submission of "tzarium" but unfortunately was not
able to confirm his response as acceptable. The ASM Handbook series does
contain 36 volumes but the highest volume is #23 Materials for Medical
Devices. Additionally, no evidence of "bolshevik corrosion" was found in
the published literature as confirmed by the ASM Handbook Volume 13 A/B/C
Corrosion.

Sorry Doug, better luck next time (has anyone else noticed that individuals
who have reportedly discovered a half fractional element have come to
untimely ends?).


No quiz for a couple weeks as the boys are going to be assisting TechNet
members at the IPC Fall meetings and helping me with "lead-free alloy
ballistics testing on North American waterfowl" (aka I am going duck
hunting and we use non-leaded ammunition).

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 Tom Carroll, Boeing
- assisted with ????

I hope everyone has a awesome week!
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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