Plutonium?

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 1:58 PM Hillman, David D Collins <
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> 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).
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> The Question:
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> This element was the first element to be made artificially. One of this
> element's isotopes has a half life of 6 hours and is used to diagnose
> cancers of the intestine. From 1828 to 1908,  6 people claimed to have
> discovered this element but in 1925 German scientists "discovered" this
> element and named it "masurium". Their claim was discounted as incorrect
> until 1938 when it was finally "discovered" by researchers at the
> University of Palermo (they named it "panormium"). World production of this
> element is in the tons as it can be extracted from spent nuclear fuel rods
> but only very tiny amounts are used commercially. What element is being
> described?
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> The winner of the Quiz will get the assistance of the boys for the week.
> Please let us know what tasks you have for the boys to keep them busy.
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> Winners:
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> Week 1: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 2: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 3: John Maxwell
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> Week 4: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 5: Russell Kido, Practical Components
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> Week 6: James Head, PCB Design Engineer and Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 7: Denny Fritz, consultant
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> Week 8: Dean Vinke, Blue Canyon Tech
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> Week 9: Richard Stadem, GD
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> Week 10: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 11: Eray CANLI, Volocopter GmbH
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> Week 12: Guy Ramsey
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> Week 13: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 14: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 15: Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 Systems
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> Week 16: Dave Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
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> Week 17: Torsten Hagge, Tronic One
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> Week 18: Ben Gumpert, Lockheed Martin
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> Week 19: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 20: Russell Kido, Practical Components
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> Week 21: Tom Carroll, Boeing
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> Week 22: Bhanu Sood, NASA and Dick Krug, retired
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> Week 23: Joyce Koo, IDirect
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> Week 24: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 25: ????
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Denny Fritz
Consultant
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