It think he was referring to Barium hypochlorite, which is/was used in the bleaching of textiles and papers. Dewey -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Vischulis Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer What is responsible for the bleach portion of the hint? Don Vischulis Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:35 PM, "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer: > > The Question: > Accurate values for this element's properties are minimal because in pure > form it will ignite when exposed to air, water, ammonia, oxygen and the > halogens. This element does not exist in a pure state on earth, only as a > compound or in an ore. A compound of this element makes an excellent > bleaching agent that can be stored in paper packages. What is the element > is being described? > > The Answer: > The element is Barium (Ba)! The name barium is derived from the Latin > "barys" which means "heavy". Getting accurate properties data for barium > is difficult due to its extreme reactivity. Alchemists knew about barium > minerals in the early Middle Ages. Smooth, pebble-like stones from Balogna > Italy would continue to "glow" after being exposed to a light source. > These became known as "Balogna stones" and were very popular with witches > and alchemists. The stones were BaSO4 - barium sulfide - which is a major > source of barium metal today. > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz is Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. and > he will get the services of Clumpy and > Kloumpios for the week. The boys are looking forward to going back to that > portion of the US and not have to be kayak haulers. > > > 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 > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik > Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 14 Brian Ellis > > Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > - Tell the boys to be prepared for helping do FOD walks at one of my > suppliers. I bet when the employees at this supplier see these 2 guys on > the FOD walk it will get their attention and help raise awareness of the > importance of preventing FOD. > > Week 16 Steve Gregory > -I need them to help me start-up a new (used) Vitronics/Soltec wave > machine we recently got here. It's gonna' be fun (if that's what you want > to call it), we have to fill the Vitronics with a tin wash so we can get > the wave formers and nozzles out, clean everything up, and then empty the > pot. Then we've got to empty the pot in the old Electrovert machine that > we have and have that solder ready for the Vitronics. Then we'll play > musical wave machines by moving the Electrovert and placing the Vitronics > where it was sitting, then we'll fill the Vitronics again. > > Week 17 Phil Kinner, PVA > - assisted with ???? > > Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems > - assisted with ???? > > Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - 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] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________