Which is why thiosufate (used as a fixer in chemical photography) is a pleonasm. Brian On 26.07.2013 16:08, Steven Creswick wrote: > Hmm. I clueless, but Greek for sulphur/sulfur is "thion", if that > counts.... > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 7:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question > > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question: > > The Question: > This element has allotropic behavior. One of its allotropic forms acts like > dry ice and sublimates. This element was known, as part of some ores, by > the Chinese, Greeks and Romans as far back as 3600 BCE. The primary source > of this element today is as a by-product of nickel and copper smelting. What > element is being described? > > Bonus Question: > Provide the Greek word from which the modern element name was derived. > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz 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 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 Week 16 Steve > Gregory Week 17 Phil Kinner Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems Week 19 > Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > > Week 20 Denny Fritz > - My first thought for Clumpy and Kloumpios was to ask if they knew how to > > drain swamps. It has rained here in Indiana almost every day for 10 days > and is forecast to thunderstorm for almost ten more. Any chance Kloumpios > > has any biblical roots and is related to Noah of Ark fame?? At the very > least, please have Graham Naisbitt ship some wellies (Wellington boots) here > to Indiana for the coming week. Only slightly more seriously, what do > > Clumpy and Kloumpios know about counterfeit components? Any day, I expect > > to be thrown into that messy topic to support the Department of Defense. > And, what clearance do the guys have - confidential, secret, top secret, or > keep-from-telling-Doug?. Can either run an XRF or SEM? I presume they have > eagle eyes, so they can observe components through our optical microscopes. > Finally, is either carrying a small spare lead-acid battery? > > Our UPS unit protecting the instruments from the too frequent lightning > surges crapped out last week. > > Week 21 Amol Kane > - the boys can help me with optimization and qualification of Process > Equipment like stencil printer and wash. In their spare time they can enjoy > the fine TX summer > > Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell > - the boys can stay 2 days with me and as I've always said "a man's home is > his castle, in a manor of speaking". I'll be training them in stand-up > comedy dealing with the dichotomy of Technet humor. Their names and act will > be " Grim and Stellar". > > David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs > - since I will be out next week, they can take those 2 days off. Everybody > deserves a weekend once in a while. > > Week 22 Phil Kinner > - assisted with ? > > Week 23 ???? > - 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________________