I find it hard to imagine that Livermorium is a gas. Just look at the PERIODIC table: First row, last 4 elements & going to the right - gas, gas, gas, gas Second row, last 4 elements & going to the right - solid, solid, gas, gas Third row, last 4 elements & going to the right - solid, solid, liquid, gas Fourth row, last 4 elements & going to the right - solid, solid, high vapor solid, gas Fifth row, last 4 elements & going to the right - solid, solid, solid, gas Sixth row, last 4 elements & going to the right - solid, X, X and probably gas. Yes, I am aware of gallium and mercury being liquid metals. Nevertheless, I would be very surprised of Livermorium being anything but a metal - short lived as all get out and hot as a pistol, but a metal. Bev -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 8:44 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer, for FEQAB review and appeal. Good morning Richard - I was provided the following response from the FEQAB concerning you appeal of last week's FEQ: The FEQAB reviewed Mr. Stadem's formal appeal of the January 24 FEQ element Livermorium. Investigative research found two reference sources (Krebs and Emsley) which both contain statements on the possibility that Lv could be a gas in its natural state. And for the generic name - ununhexium - FEQAB has deferred to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) organization which approves the names and symbols of the elements for a review. Given the fact that IUPAC is still reviewing a Doug submission from last year, it is anticipated that a response will not be available for a considerable time. The FEQAB did say they appreciate the time and effort you have expended on the FEQ and hopes for you continued participation. Dave From: "Stadem, Richard D." <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 01/24/2014 03:32 PM Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer, for FEQAB review and appeal. Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Dear Mr. Hillman I strenuously object and request that this email be formally considered an appeal to the FEQAB board because the clues for this week's question used the generic name Ununhexium. The correct term is hexium. This is because everyone knows the latest research (and my pragmatic common sense) show that unhexium is not-hexium (or hexium, not), and therefore un-unhexium is not not-hexium, meaning it is hexium. In addition, I could find no research that supported the clue statement that Livermorium could possibly be a colorless gas in its natural state, as there is plenty of evidence it has never been actually seen in its natural state and absence of evidence of color is not evidence of absence of color, especially since there is no known instrumentation that could capture any light spectrum or diffracture while passing through this element in its short half-life of one billionth of a second, or whatever it was. Mr. Hillman, I ask if you have ever met anyone who has stated that they have actually seen Livermorium gas? I challenge you to produce a credible witness or viable research with proof of the visibility of Livermorium. I think a 5 x 7 .pdf image of the refractory spectrum with appropriate test documentation would be adequate. In researching the answer, this was a source of confusion and therefore disqualifies the descriptive clues provided in this week's question. As such, there can be no real winner except by sheer dumb luck, and the weekly winner's archives should therefore show an asterisk behind the respected Mr. Woodall's and Mr. Feyereisen's name. If it had not been for those two incorrectly-stated clues I know I would have won. Easily. Nooooo problemoooo. Signed, Richard D. Stadem Sr. Advanced Engineer/Scientist GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer: The Question: This element is presumed to be a colorless gas in its natural state. It is produced by bombarding atoms of curium-248 with calcium-48 ions. It was given a "real" name in 2012. What element is being described? The Answer: The element is Livermorium (Lv)! Element 116 was named Livermorium in honor of the Livermore National Laboratory by the IUPAC in 2012. Lv was discovered in December of 2000 and per IUPAC rules initially given the generic name ununhexium. Lv is believe to have similar properties to polonium and tellurium due to its location in the Periodic table. It is also believed to be a colorless gas in its natural state. The winners of the weekly element quiz are Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. and Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int. They will split the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. I did not specify I wanted the official element name so Ron's response was deemed correct by the FEQAB. Ron - let me know where your facility is at and the boys will go there after spending a couple of days at Leland's facility. And next week I'll find a horribly ugly US East coast time to send out the Quiz question! :-) 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 Week 21 Amol Kane Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs Week 22 Phil Kinner Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Week 25 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC Week 28 Steve Gregory Week 29 Gus Trakas, Viasystems Week 29 Steve Creswick Week 30 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex Sunbelt Week 32 Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins Week 33 Steve Creswick Week 34 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell Week 35 Don Vischulis Week 36 Greg Munie, IPC Week 37 Larry Dzaugis Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell - deferred the boys to Curt's facility Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - Tell the guys I'm giving them a late Christmas present, and they can spend the week at home with their wives fulfilling their own set of chores. Maybe they'll get a chance to get back to NC a little later on in the year, and it will be warm enough to go fishing at the coast. Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - assisted with ???? Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int. - 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. 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