I consider it a victory if I make him work hard on the disqualification.

On Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 4:27 PM David Hillman <[log in to unmask] wrote:

> The Question:
> This element reacts with water forming hydrogen. This element is never
> found as a free element in nature. In 2018, a rich supply of this element
> was discovered off the coast of Japan's Minamitori Island. An oxide of this
> element is used in green phosphors in fluorescent lamps and color TV tubes
> (does anyone remember those?). A borate compound containing this element is
> used in solid state devices. The mineral xenotime. Name the element being
> described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Terbium (Tb). Terbium oxide
> <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Oxide&d=DwIFaQ&c=ilBQI1lupc9Y65XwNblLtw&r=lTRDjB8ojaf7ZaJ9DHeDAm7e-HFP9fxIkv6fRnV49HE&m=46x3WTfysY4vLxGRiBMc6e71Qb143PGKsUMNauuG7JM&s=nd0DfZlaCCVa5w87ghxUZDC8-WQ1jhcDo7VuB18pa6Q&e=>
> is used in green phosphors in
> fluorescent lamps and color TV tubes. Sodium terbium borate is used in
> solid
> state devices. Terbium is contained along with other rare earth elements in
> many minerals, including monazite, xenotime and euxenite.
>
> The winner of the quiz is Russell Kido, Practical  Components, and he will
> get the services of Clumpy & Kloumpios for the week.  Scott Decker, Collins
> Aerospace, was a very close second with his answer being just one minute
> behind Russell's response. Tony Lentz, FCT Assembly, gets honorable mention
> as the clues create the illusion that the element could be Yttrium.
>
>
> Unfortunately, EQAB did not accept Doug's submission of "godzillium" as a
> correct response. EQAB checked with the American Museum of Natural History
> Mythical Creatures group. Their response was that godzillium may be an
> element but since the element quiz documented that the element in question
> would from hydrogen when combine with water, godzillium would not fit the
> listed clues as the resulting explosion from the reaction with Godzilla's
> breath would have been a global catastrophic event.
>
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> - 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.
>
>
>
> Week 81 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
>
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Week 82 Tom Granat
>
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Week 83 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Collins Aerospace
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