The Element Quiz winner gets the services of our outstanding/amazing gnomes Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week (they have had their vaccination shots and can follow any covid-19 protocols the winner decides).

The Question:
What was the last natural element discovered? No cheating by using your electronic resources!

The Answer:
The element is Francium (Fr)! Francium was the last natural element to be identified in 1939. The Periodic table gave clues that the element had to exist and it was called eka-cesium by Dimitri Mendeleev (the father of the Periodic Table). Fr is the only element below uranium with a half-life of less than 30 minutes. The Earth contains about 2x10-18 ppm of Fr, which is about 15 grams!

FEQAB had to review Scott Decker's submission as it seemed to imply that he may have used electronic assistance - a tad difficult to follow his logic path. Ultimately FEQAB validated Scott's response.

The winner of the Quiz is Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace and will get the assistance of the boys for the week. Please let us know what task you have for them.

Winners:
Week 1: Bhanu Sood, NASA
Week 2: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
Week 3: John Maxwell
Week 4: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
Week 5: ???