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Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:45:32 -0600
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My esteemed colleague is referring to another of the half fractional
elements – StableGon (Sl-18.5).  As the name and atomic number imply, it is
a near-noble gas and non-reactive in nature.  Therefore, it often acts
similarly to Argon.  Only a small amount (in the ppt range) of Sl is needed
in plastics to make it a more effective moisture barrier.  Small amounts
are additives for tubing used for GC-MS detectors or similar instruments,
but can tie up oxygen in those analyses, so caution is needed.  The IUPAC
has struggled with the naming of this half fraction.  Can’t be Sg as it
conflicts with Seaborgium.  Can’t be St.  Can’t be Sa.  Originally, it was
labeled as S, but that conflicted with sulfur.  But, in a closed-door and
undocumented (I have my sources) session, the IUPAC did settle on Sl-18.5.
Some of the spectral data from the most recent Mars probe shows the
spectral lines for StableGon, which may explain the low oxygen content on
Mars.



StableGon was first isolated by Dr. Fritz Arbuckle, University of Montana –
Hogeland in 1923.  In working with various gas mixtures found in mine
shafts, he found that his sandwiches seemed to last forever after being
exposed to the StableGon gas.  Sadly, Dr. Arbuckle came to an unfortunate
end.  As it turns out, StableGon can turn toxic when it comes into contact
with baloney.  He died a very painful death.  For this reason, Congress has
decreed that no StableGon come within 100 miles of Washington DC. God knows
what would happen with that much Baloney.



So, Dave, what do I win this week?

*Douglas Pauls *| Principal Materials and Process Engr | Advanced
Operations Engineering

*COLLINS AEROSPACE*

400 Collins Road NE, MS 108-101, Cedar Rapids, IA  52498  USA

*Tel:* +1 319 295 2109 | *Mobile: *+1 319 431 3773

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On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:45 AM David Hillman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> The Question:
> This element is extremely stable and almost completely non-reactive which
> is one reason for its name. Until 1957, the symbol for this element was a
> single letter. The atmosphere of Mars contains this element. This element
> is
> used to displace oxygen- and moisture-containing air in packaging material
> to extend the shelf-lives of the contents. This element is widely used in a
> number of spectroscopy applications (i.e. ICP, FIB, etc.). Name the element
> being described?
>
> The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy & 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
> Week 74 Leland Woodall
> Week 75 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 76 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 76 Eray Canli,  ANDAR Electromechanical Systems
>
> Week 77 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> - The boys are right on time.  Decapsulation of two custom ASICs potted in
> epoxy, lots of prep work and then on to the 576 Tek curve tracer to
> characterize all characteristics of 8 diodes looking for a potential
> walking wounded.
>
> Week 78 David Bealer, WatchFire Signs
> - The boys can help with finish up a much needed machine qualification, and
> then can go home for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
>
> Week 79 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
> - the boys will help on a 1kV/2kA PCB design, after convinced the customer,
> they will visit the Flensburg Christmas market and get several "Punsch"
> with shot (hot red wine with spices and rum) as Flensburg has long history
> of about 280 years rum manufacturing...
>
> Week 80 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Collins Aerospace
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