Magnesium > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:50:44 -0600 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question > To: [log in to unmask] > > Hi folks - Hope everyone had a great holiday! Here is the Friday Element > Quiz Question: > > The Question: > > This element has no biological role. This element is used to make steel. > This element is used in very expensive luxury cars. This element was a > puzzle to chemists/material scientists for a number of years. What element > is being described? > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and > Kloumpios for a week. > > > 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, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 > - assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing > - assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing > > Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC > - assisted with lab testing > - assisted with tin whisker investigations > > Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > - attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered" > solutions > > Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > - unknown > > Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting > documentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new > selective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of > a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had > to work hard this week!) > > Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > - assisted with new equipment preparations > > Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with beach trash collection duty > > Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications > - assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in > World Rugby Cup and went skiing. > > Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > - took the week off, and went to see some Tampa Bay Rays games > > Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope > - assisted with metallographic cross-sectional analysis of die cast Mg and > taught a group of Cub Scouts how to hotwire a tractor > > Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > - assisted with a customer audit > > Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > - assisted with pcb cross-section analysis > > Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope > - Andy gave them the week off (BBQ and English ale party) > > Week 43: 4 winners > Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with testing of phthalates > Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - assisted with installing a new fuel pump on the tractor, mowing my yard > and raking the leaves/pine needles. > Patrick Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with relaxing on the beach following kelp removal efforts > Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > - assisted with the qualification of a Radon-fueled Airvac PCBRM 5.2 with > its new 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head > > Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with sifting sand at the beach looking for sand dollars > > Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic > - assisted with the synthesizing a postmodern fusion of Firesign's > Department of Redundancy Department with Sokol's boundary transgression > quantum gravity paradigm shift > > Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic > - assisted with ??? > Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted RIM co-ops with research projects > > Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > - assisted with counterfeit part inspection and snow plow duty > > Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium > - assisted with automotive repairs and for holiday relaxation > > Week 49 ??? > - assisted with ??? > > > Everyone have a safe week! > > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > 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 Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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