Perfect timing! The rain has stopped and they can enjoy some sun. If they get here in time, I’ll try to sneak them into the photo of my daughter’s b-ball team this weekend. The rest of the week they can help me with some troubleshooting issues, roof leaks, getting ready for the holidays, Nepcon and Apex next month.
Regards,
Russell Kido
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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer
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 Answer:
The element is Argon (Ar)! Argon derives its name from the Greek "argos"
which means " inactive". Until 1957, the symbol for argon was "A", but now
is "Ar" (its true, I looked at the 1927 Periodic Table I have). The
atmospheres of Mars, Mercury and Titan (the largest moon of Saturn) all
contain argon. Argon may be used as the carrier gas in gas chromatography
and in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; it is the gas of choice
for the plasma used in ICP spectroscopy.
The winner of the quiz will is Russell Kido, Practical Components and
will get the services of Clumpy & Kloumpios for the week.
The EQAB reviewed Doug's submission of "StableGon" and unfortunately the
response was disqualified. Discussions with NASA experts on Mars could not
confirm the existence of StableGon but EQAB would rule Doug's answer
correct if the new Mars probe does find any evidence of the half fractional
element in the future. Additionally, inquires into the IUPAC records show
no evidence of the information Doug stated.
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
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 Russell Kido, Practical Components
- assisted with ????
I hope everyone has a awesome week!
Dave Hillman
Collins Aerospace
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