When I first saw this I seriously thought technetium was some kind of
TechNet joke!

Ed Rios
Motorola Solutions
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On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 3:47 PM David Hillman <
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> The Question:
>
> The isotopes of this element are all radioactive. This element occurs
> naturally in the Earth's crust in minute concentrations of about 0.003
> parts per trillion so there is approximately 18,000 tonnes at any given
> time. One isotope of this element is a radioactive tracer that medical
> imaging equipment tracks in the human body. What element is being
> described?
>
>
> The Answer:
>
> The element is Technetium (Tc).  Technetium derives its name from the Greek
> word "technetos" meaning "artificial". In 1962, technetium-99 was isolated
> and identified in pitchblende from the Belgian Congo in extremely small
> quantities (about 0.2 ng/kg); there it originates as a spontaneous fission
> product of uranium-238. German chemists Noddack, Berg, and Tacke reported
> the discovery of element 43 in 1925, and named element 43 masurium (after
> Masuria in eastern Prussia. However, no one could independently confirm
> their reported discovery.  The discovery of element 43 was finally
> confirmed in a 1937 experiment at the University of Palermo in Sicily by
> Perrier and Segrè.  The University of Palermo officials wanted them to name
> their discovery "panormium", after the Latin name for Palermo, Panormus. In
> 1947 element 43 was named after the Greek word for "artificial", since it
> was the first element to be artificially produced. Older Periodic Tables
> can be found which list Ma instead of Tc as element 43 since the discovery
> credit was so controversial.
>
>
> The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he 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
> Week 78 David Bealer, WatchFire Signs
> Week 79 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
> Week 80 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>
> Week 83 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>
> Week 84 Tom Granat
>
> Week 85 Leland Woodall
>
>
> Week 85 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
>
> - Excellent! Unless the boys are connected at the hip, Leland and I can
> share their individual services. Preventive maintenance and ECO
> coordinating are always available to help out with!
>
>
> Week 86 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
>
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Week 87 Steven Herring, Pennatronics Corp
>
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Week 88 Leland Woodall
>
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Collins Aerospace
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