And people who drink Mountain Dew, LOL. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 2:58 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer And Barium is also what you do with dead chemists....... Doug Pauls Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:42 PM, David Hillman < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here is the Element Quiz Question: > > The Question: > Alchemists in the Middle Ages knew about minerals that contained this > element - when exposed to sunlight, the minerals would glow making > them attractive for use by witches and alchemists. This element > produces a green color in fireworks, signal flares and tracer rounds. > This element is used as a radiocontrast agent for Xray imaging as far > back as 1908. This element is used in the manufacture of beet sugar > and soap. Which element is being described? > > The Answer: > The element is Barium (Ba). In the Middle Ages, small white stones > found near Bologna Italy would continue to "glow" after being exposed > to sunlight. These stones were barium sulfate which is a major source > of barium metal. Barium sulfate is also used as a radiocontrast agent > in X-ray imaging of the digestive system. > > > The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall 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 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 Week 47 Fred Cox, > Bluering Stencils Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 49 Todd MacFadden, > Bose Week 49 Leland Woodall Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components > > Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital > - I have a hectic week ahead, and I can really use help from the boys. > I don't know much about their computer skills, but I need to carry out > lot of simulation work. Since the work is mostly routine, I am sure > they can pick it up fast. Then there are ESD measurements to be done. > Since we are closed on Monday, they can enjoy long weekend with their > families, and show up on Tuesday. > > Week 52 Leland Woodall > - I'm going to have the boys to review the new IATF 16949 standard, > and at the end of the week they can give me their take on how we're > going to make the transition from TS. This will be an arduous task, > as they usually get to just play while they're here. This time it's > gotta be straight-up work. I've already apologized to them in advance... > > Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS > - As I mentioned, I submitted the answer in conjunction with a co-worker > that will be able to use one of the guys, (not sure who will do what > just > yet) to help him move from his office here in Phoenix, to Winserlocks CT. > for a bit. For me, I'll have whichever one he doesn't pick, help me > out with some things on a PCB update that has a lot of stuff to fix. I > may also have him work on getting a couple of other boards ready for review. > Regardless, they are going to be busy this week, I hope they don't > mind being separated for a bit. > > Week 54 Leland Woodall > - assisted with ???? > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] >