Bumpers in space? I hear that NASA is now working on the idea of using Toyotas as launch vehicles? Bob Landman On Apr 30, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Inge <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As another curiosum, the name 'Tungsten' is named by a swedish > scientist von Scheele, who thought the metal was very heavy = tung > and stone=sten , tungsten. > > By the way, a friend of mine came with a object that fell from > heaven, literally. Size of child's hand. I analyzed it, and found > nearly 90 w/% Chrome. Meteorites use to be Iron and Nickel, so > Chrome was a rare one. It's fascinating to think from where it came > and how long it had been travelling before it hit the ground near my > friend's house. Thousands of years? Or more? > > I don't think you can find so pure Chrome anywhere on this planet. > > Inge > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: den 30 April 2010 13:13 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answer > >> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer >> >> The Question: >> I am a metal that was first produced in the 18th century but was >> little >> used until the 20th century. I was first used in high speed steel >> in 1900, >> >> ductile wire in 1909 and cermets in 1922. I have the lowest vapor >> pressure >> >> and lowest compressibility of all the metals. Who am I? >> >> The Answer: >> I am W - Tungsten! >> Tungsten is considered to be a "strategic metal" because several of >> its >> uses can be accomplished with no other metal. >> >> >> The winners are: Phil Kenner, Nigel Burtt, and Inge! Gebhard Neifer >> gets >> honorable mention for Wolfram which is the word source for its >> element >> symbol "W". Tungsten was extracted by acid leaching from an ore >> Wolframite >> which is derived from a German word that translates to "wolf >> cream". A >> German scientist, Georg Agricola then used the term "lupis spuma" >> which >> translates in English to "wolf froth". So now you know how we named >> an >> element after wolf spit! >> >> I really like the idea of selling Doug into service as Phil >> suggested. On >> the other hand, Graham offered to return all of Doug's Diet Mt. Dew >> reserve so I'll let the winners determine which is better deal. >> >> Everyone have a good weekend. >> >> Dave Hillman >> Rockwell Collins >> [log in to unmask] >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following >> text in >> the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >> To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail >> to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >> To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask] >> : SET Technet Digest >> Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >> Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >> for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] >> or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 >> ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following > text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > : SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > : SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] > or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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