No problem you got it! They'll just do double duty this week. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Naisbitt Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer I've been robbed! Extra time required to answer the bonus question rendered me 2nd but completed both parts of the question. I want a re-count....or at least a couple of days for them here? Robert - can I at least have them Thursday and Friday? I need them to analyse some Cleanliness and SIR test results and the usual guy can't do it all on his own. How about it? Graham N On 25 Jul 2011, at 15:01, David D. Hillman wrote: > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer: > > The Question: > > This element plays no biological role and the world production is less > than 1 ton per year. It has an important use in the space industry and is > a critical part of a late 1990's space mission. It's role on the space > craft could be completed by either mercury or caesium but this element has > > several advantages over those two elements. This element has nine > naturally occurring isotopes. What element is being described? > > Bonus question: What is the name of the space mission/craft that utilizing > > this element in the late 1990s? > > The Answer: > > The element is Xenon (Xe)! Xenon has a number of commercial lighting > applications (such as strobe lights for high speed photography) but little > other uses. It has also been used as a supercritical fluid for studying > molecules under extreme conditions in research laboratories. Xenon 133 is > generated in nuclear power applications and has a half life of 5 days. > Xenon is the critical element for the Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS). > Both mercury and caesium could be used for ion propulsion but mercury has > handling toxicity issues and caesium is extremely corrosive. And in space, > Xenon freezes into a solid which is advantageous. The Deep Space I probe > (launched in 1998)was the "trial bed" for the XIPS engine. There are now > over 10 satellites and space craft successfully using ion propulsion > systems. > > > There were many, many correct responses for Xe but Robert Wolfe was the > first response past the firewall and will get the services of Clumpy and > Kloumpios. Robert will need to let me know where he is located and we'll > send the guys on their way. We had only one correct answer for the bonus > question - Graham Naisbitt had the correct answer. > > So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have: > > Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings > - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee) > > Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM > - conducted REACH material testing > > Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. > - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn > > Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich > - had an epic journey of travel > > Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global > - unknown > > Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab > - unknown > > Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon > - Were tackling dummys for Dallas Cowboys > > Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim > > Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division > - unknown > > Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits > - unknown > > Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch! > > Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation > - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit > > Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions > - Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg! > > Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > - conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process > > Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with a tin pest investigation/test > > Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted Bev shoveling snow > > Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > - assisted with reflow profiling > > Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired > - assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found his > cousin Kloumpios > > Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC > - assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations > > Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > - assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine maintenance > > Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > - assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving > electrochemical migration failures > > Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > - assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection > > Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, > Space and Security > - assisted with root cause corrective action tasks > - assisted with nothing but catching up with the family > > Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. > - assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing > > Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen > bomb > > Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits > - unknown > > Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser > - assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood > > Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi > - assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event > > Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired > - assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking > > Week 28 Nigel Burtt > - abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News > International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal > > Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > - unknown > > Week 30 Robert Wolfe, ??? > - assisted with ??? > > 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 16.0 > 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 > 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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