Hi Scott - yep, the history of our elements is full of strange events - politics, incorrect science, accidents, impact on world events, critical in most of our new technologies and most importantly, a Friday stress reliever after the long week of solving engineering/technical issues. I am glad folks find the Element quiz fun and when Doug gets creative with a new half fractional element, we all get to have a giggle. Dave On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Decker, Scott UTAS < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dave, > I must say, these questions are sometimes hazardous to your morning > time... I found in my research, I am very likely to be cruising from one > place to another trying to piece together my answers. Like this one today, > I sent you my, hopefully correct answer and then, I second guessed myself > after reading more of your clue. I ended up looking at Cyanide also and > thinking, hummm, that kind of answers "part" of the answer. That said, just > thinking that would you put the answer in the question, like Selenium? I > don't know. What I do know is I'm glad you do these quizzes even though I > don't always take a shot at them, it can still be a great learning > experience. :-) > Later... > > Scott Decker – Staff Engineer, PCB Design Services CID+ – Electronic > Systems Center > UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS > 3445 S. 5th Street, Suite 170, Phoenix, AZ 85040 U.S.A. > Tel: 602 308 5957 FAX: 602 243 2347 > KE7MWT AKA:PadMasterson > [log in to unmask] www.utcaerospacesystems.com > > CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This message may contain proprietary and/or > privileged information of > UTC Aerospace Systems and its affiliated companies. If you are not the > intended recipient please 1) do not disclose, copy, > distribute or use this message or its contents, 2) advise the sender by > return e-mail, and 3) delete all copies (including all > attachments) from your computer. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. > This Document Does Not Contain Export Controlled Technology Or Technical > Data. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 8:02 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [External] [TN] Element Quiz Question > > The Question: > A compound of this element was the primary ingredient in rat poison until a > 1972 Executive Presidential Order banned its commercial use. This element > and its compounds are extremely toxic to everything and it was once > considered the "poison of choice" by assassins. Nearly 70% of this > element's commercial use is in the electronics industry for making > photoresistors and selenium rectifiers. One of the element's nuclides is > still used in stress tests for coronary artery disease risk assessment. > What 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 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 Week 56 Mordechai > Kirshenbaum Week 57 Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp Week 58 Leland Woodall > Week 59 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Week 60 Leland Woodall Week 61 Matthias > Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 62 Leland > Woodall! > Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 63 Tom Granat Week 64 George Wenger Week > 65 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc. > Week 66 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp > Week 66 Leland Woodall > Week 67 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 68 James Head > > Week 69 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > - but I don't want the brothers to travel so far away (they already had > been in Israel several months ago)...so they get the week off! > > Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins > - The boys will be glad to be home and see the wives and family for a long > weekend. They can help me with an 86000 lines of data statistical > analysis, but then they get the weekend off. > > Week 71 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems > - Boys can leave as soon as we finish forging three Damascus steel knives > together, from a Vanadium doped leaf spring of an old truck...and in > addition to their knives, I'll buy them cold beer for their effort and > sweat! > > Week 72 Russell Kido, Practical Components > - I'll have the boys check the Saber kits. I'm staying as far away as > possible!! They can help me situate some new mattresses and since they have > some 'hops' and can 'sky' for being little guys, they can continue to teach > my daughter their skills in jumping, rebounding and shooting. They can > also drive me from my glaucoma test and then soak up some rays. > > Week 73 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week! > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] >