"I'm sure that in 1985 plutonium is available in every corner drug store, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by." Sorry, that was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw this email come into my Inbox... Shawn Upton, KB1CKT Test Engineer Allegro MicroSystems, Inc [log in to unmask] 603.626.2429/fax: 603.641.5336 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Calhoun Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:42 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question Plutonium Keith S. Calhoun Manufacturing Engineering Manager SoPark Corporation 3300 South Park Avenue Buffalo, New York 14218 Phone: 716-822-0434 ext. 237 Fax: 716-822-5062 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:36 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question Hi folks - Hope everyone had a great holiday, here is the Friday Element Quiz Question: The Question: This element was used as the power source for the 1970 Soviet Luna 17 and Luna 21 lunar rover missions. The element isotope heat decay kept the rovers warm during the cold lunar nights. This element is extremely toxic - the maximum human body burden is only 6.8x10-12 grams. Which element is being described? ______________________________________________________________________ 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.aspx?Pageid=E-mail-Forums for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------