Iridium? Tom Brendlinger Superpedestrian Inc On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:34 PM, David Hillman < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here is the Element Quiz Question (hint: read the clues very carefully this > week): > > The Question: > This element's primary commercial use is in the automobile industry. It > also finds use in the optics industry due to its high reflectance > characteristics. It is insoluble in nitric acid dissolves slightly in aqua > regia. The primary source of this element is the countries of South Africa > and Russia. This element is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's > crust, comprising an estimated 0.0002 parts per million. This element does > not normally form an oxide, even when heated as oxygen is absorbed from the > atmosphere only at the melting point. Which element is being described? > > > The winner of the 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 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital > Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl. > Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics > Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd. > Week 3 John Burke > Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics > Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses! > Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA > Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp > Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce > Week 8 Leland Woodall > Week 8 David Bealer, SMT > Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing > Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics > Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing > Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > Week 13 No Quiz, > Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA > Week 16 John Maxwell > Week 17 Leland Woodall > Week 18 Leland Woodall > Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing > Week 20 Robert Kondner > Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc. > Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC > Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM > Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems > Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International > Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose > Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA > Week 28 Leland Woodall > Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > Week 30 Leland Woodall > Week 31 Leland Woodall > Week 32 Steve Gregory > Week 33 Leland Woodall > Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp > Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc > Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem > Week 38 Leland Woodall > Week 38 Tom Carroll > Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > Week 40 Leland Woodall > Week 41 Tom Carroll > Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > Week 43 Joyce Koo > Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components > Week 45 Leland Woodall > Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc > > Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems > - Oh goody, plenty of microsections to do on some long term thermal cycle > samples so that will keep them busy for the week. And a happy new year to > all in TechNet land. > > Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils > - Great! We can use the help here in South Jersey. The boys will have to > hurry. Lots of stencils to get out. If they do a great job, maybe I'll take > 'em to the Eagles victory over the Vikings. > > Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing > - The boys will help with an early spring cleaning of the house. I'm > getting to old to bend and clean all the molding and radiators around the > floors. I figure the boys are short enough to easily reach and clean these > surfaces. After they are done with that they can help me approve some > Corrective Action Responses from some suppliers and then help make nachos > and salsa for the Pro Bowl this weekend. > > Week 49 Todd MacFadden, Bose > - Leland, do you mind if I take them the first half of the week? I could > use some help finalizing a test vehicle for a stacked microvia reliability > evaluation, and I anticipate I may be a little groggy Monday from all the > celebrating we'll be doing after the Super Bowl victory Sunday. > > Week 49 Leland Woodall > - That'll work, Todd. When the boys get here during the second half, I'm > going to have them to assist with making my APEX travel arrangements. > After that, they're free to roam, and perhaps they can run down to the > coast and bring me back some fresh sea trout! > > Week 50 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week. > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] >