The boys will be doing a round of golf tomorrow morning, yard work tomorrow afternoon, and we'll all be eating grilled burgers tomorrow evening while watching the Kansas race. I want them to relax a bit before they continue helping me perform more TS to IATF document conversion next week. Have a great weekend, TechNet friends! Leland -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 2:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer The Question: This element was known since ancient times. This element is used in aerial firebombs as water will not extinguish the flames. This element is the eleventh most abundant element by mass in the human body and is essential to all cells and some 300 enzymes. The name of this element is Greek in origin. The flammability of this element has restricted its commercial applications. The automotive industry has incorporated this element in various applications. Which element is being described? The Answer: The element is Magnesium (Mg). The name magnesium originates from the Greek word for a district in Thessaly called Magnesia. The flammability of magnesium has restricted its use in some applications. For example, Wright Aeronautical used a magnesium crankcase in the WWII-era Wright Duplex Cyclone aviation engine. This presented a serious problem for the earliest models of the Boeing B-29 heavy bomber when an in-flight engine fire ignited the engine crankcase. The resulting combustion was as hot as 5,600 °F (3,100 °C) and could sever the wing spar from the fuselage. The Volkswagen Group has used magnesium in its engine components for many years and Chevrolet used the magnesium alloy AE44 in the 2006 Corvette Z06. The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. John Burke provided the correct response but as his third response submission so EQAB ruled his answer unacceptable. 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 Week 52 Leland Woodall Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS Week 54 Leland Woodall Week 55 Tom Carroll, Boeing - Clumpy and Kloumpios will arrive just in time to help with some spring cleaning outside. Can't wait for this winter to be gone. You are probably dealing with Winter Storm Xanto right now, good luck with that. I hope it misses New York City as it moves east. Please have them bring the tiller attachment for their John Deere so they can easily turn the soil in the front flower bed. After the boys get done with the yard work they can relax on the deck with some nice IPA and go fishing in the canal out back. I know they enjoyed that last time they visited. Week 56 Mordechai Kirshenbaum - I picked the boys from Ben Gurion Airport after a 24 hr delay. I shall let them to overcome the Jet Lag, but tomorrow they are going to work hard at my labs. I hope they will enjoy their stay Week 57 Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp - We have two new SPI's being installed and validated next week, so I'm sure we can use the help. I hope they are brushed up on statistics and Minitab, as a whole lot of number crunching will be going on! Week 58 Leland Woodall - assisted with ???? I hope everyone has a awesome week! Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask]