Tennessine Bhanu Sood > On Oct 5, 2018, at 7:25 AM, David Hillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > The Question: > Concentrations of this element in the Earth's crust are typically a few > parts per trillion, but may reach up to a few parts per million in some > uraninite ore deposits.In 1961, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority > (UKAEA) produced 127 grams of an isotope of this element by processing 60 > tonnes of nuclear waste material in a 12-stage process, at a cost of about > 500,000 USD and for many years, this was the world's only significant > supply. Today, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US provides this > element at a cost of about 280 USD/gram. One of the few commercial > applications for this element is a tracer in geology and paleoceanography. > What element is being described? > > > The winner of the quiz will share 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 > Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins > Week 71 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems > Week 72 Russell Kido, Practical Components > > Week 73 Denny Friz > - This week, I need different tasks from Clumpy and Kloumpios. I think you > said both can drive tractors - which one is best? Or, which one can drive > one of those wonderful red International tractors instead of the worthless > green John Deeres. OOPS, John Deere does a lot of electronics and is a big > wheel in IPC. Restated - which one can drive a crummy old red > International without electronics with a 6 volt battery instead of one of > those marvelous new John Deeres? That one will be disking, spreading > fertilizer, and planting seed for the hay crop on our farm next summer. The > agriculturally challenged one will be helping me with reports on "the > status of the US Defense Electronics Industry in support of Paragraph 845 > of the 2019 Defense Authorization Act. All three Defense in DC, Executive > Agent at Navy Crane, and IPC are working together on a report due in > January 2019. Recently retired from SAIC/Crane - I am now playing on the > IPC team. > > Week 74 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics > - I would defer to Leland if he needs the help. Getting very cold here and > supposed to rain often. The boys probably would enjoy some warmth for a > week. Fun to drag out some little snip of information stored decades ago. > Read up on Wilhelm again! > > Week 74 Leland Woodall > - The weather here is pretty nice, so the guys can assist with generating > the Quality reports for September for a day or so, and then perform some > outside work around the house. I'll try to take it easy on 'em! > > Week 75 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > I hope everyone has a awesome week! > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask]