Another "theory" of name Americium is (as per "Chemicool") is "The element was named after America, because it is located below Europium (element 63) in the periodic table, which was named after Europe." Regards Aleks Lozinsky Technical Sales Representative Technic Canada 195 Riviera Drive Markham, Ontario Canada L3R5J6 001+905 940 4020 Office 001+416 450 1093 mobile [log in to unmask] http://www.technic.com This e-mail is confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, use or dissemination, either whole or partial, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of the message, please notify the sender immediately. -----Original Message----- From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> Sender: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:12 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer (from the sunny Toronto Airport in Canada this week): The Question: This element does not exist in nature. All isotopes and compounds of this element are deadly sources of radiation but we all willing have this element in our homes. The initial name suggested for this element was "pandemonium". This element does have a few commercial uses (but not many). What is the element is being described? The Answer: The element is Americium (Am)! Americium is man made by bombarding plutonium-239 with high energy neutrons so it is produced within nuclear reactions as a product of beta decay. Americium-241 is used in smoke detectors so please recycle them when they need replaced. American physicist Glen Seaborg suggested the name "pandemonium" for Am because of all the difficulties he and his team had in confirming the element's existence. The winner of the weekly element quiz is Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following: Past Quiz winners/tasks: Week 1 Dick Krug, Spartan Complex Systems Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 6 Steve Gregory Week 7 Phil Kinner, PVA Week 8 Brian Ellis Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp - assisted with getting my boat ready for this summers fishing trips. Today we will be replacing a conveyor in one of my reflow ovens, then wave maintenance for the rest of the week. Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik - They can really help me with my CAD library (big pile of datasheets on my desk, new stuff for these layouts). I'd give them a Cadstar crash course. If the library work is done or if they need a break, they can have much fun with our two cats. Later they could visit Munich. Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - assisted with performing cross sections for the team this week. If they finish early, I'm going to let them spend a couple of days fishing at the coast after our three day rain. Week 14 Brian Ellis - assisted with The boys are taking a red-eye flight back to you, eta 04:35 tomorrow morning. They expect you to meet them at the airport as they have a truck-load of Cypriot delicacies, including a bottle of zivania for Doug to turn his Mountain Dew into Mountain firewater, ideal for cleaning PCBs. My weather station is well calibrated, now. Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security - assisted with ???? Everyone have a safe week! Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________