Hi Frank - as unfair as the EQAB can be to Doug, I have been faithfully
cataloging Doug's "half fractional elements" and there is a plan to
create/publish the Half Fraction Period Table in the future. We have no
clue how to put the 70+ half fractional elements into a logical table form
but we'll come up with something.
I have also been told that Clumpy & Kloumpios are going to be making
appearance(s) at the IPC APEX conference.
Dave
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:13 PM Frank Kimmey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Doug,
> As usual, I expect Dave to disqualify your incredible answer (truly a
> shame).
> Are you planning on publishing your incredible knowledge of half elements?
> Those of us not so well educated would truly appreciate the knowledge you
> share.
> Also, this might get the FEQAB to rethink their rapid DQ's of perfectly
> good answers, explanations and references.
> We all know, if it is published , it must be right.
> I personally think it would make a great reference for when trying to
> explain how some thing just happen to fail.
> Thanks,
> FNK
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 9:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] [External] [TN] Element Quiz Question
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> Response:
>
> 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?
>
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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
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>
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