Thanks Robert - can you please remind them to drive on the left when they get here. I don't want a recurrence of the nasty incident when they were with Ian Fox; awful, truly awful. Graham N On 26 Jul 2011, at 14:06, Robert Wolfe wrote: > 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. > 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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