Hi Frank - as unfair as the EQAB can be to Doug, I have been faithfully cataloging Doug's "half fractional elements" and there is a plan to create/publish the Half Fraction Period Table in the future. We have no clue how to put the 70+ half fractional elements into a logical table form but we'll come up with something. I have also been told that Clumpy & Kloumpios are going to be making appearance(s) at the IPC APEX conference. Dave On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:13 PM Frank Kimmey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Doug, > As usual, I expect Dave to disqualify your incredible answer (truly a > shame). > Are you planning on publishing your incredible knowledge of half elements? > Those of us not so well educated would truly appreciate the knowledge you > share. > Also, this might get the FEQAB to rethink their rapid DQ's of perfectly > good answers, explanations and references. > We all know, if it is published , it must be right. > I personally think it would make a great reference for when trying to > explain how some thing just happen to fail. > Thanks, > FNK > > Frank N Kimmey CID+ > Electrical Engineer/PCB Design > > Verifone > 1400 W Stanford Ranch Road > Rocklin, CA 95765 > T: 916-625-1818 > M: 916-833-9877 > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 9:46 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] [External] [TN] Element Quiz Question > > *** EXTERNAL EMAIL, think before you click. *** > > Response: > > My esteemed colleague is referring to another of the half fractional > elements – StableGon (Sl-18.5). As the name and atomic number imply, it is > a near-noble gas and non-reactive in nature. Therefore, it often acts > similarly to Argon. Only a small amount (in the ppt range) of Sl is needed > in plastics to make it a more effective moisture barrier. Small amounts > are additives for tubing used for GC-MS detectors or similar instruments, > but can tie up oxygen in those analyses, so caution is needed. The IUPAC > has struggled with the naming of this half fraction. Can’t be Sg as it > conflicts with Seaborgium. Can’t be St. Can’t be Sa. Originally, it was > labeled as S, but that conflicted with sulfur. But, in a closed-door and > undocumented (I have my sources) session, the IUPAC did settle on Sl-18.5. > Some of the spectral data from the most recent Mars probe shows the > spectral lines for StableGon, which may explain the low oxygen content on > Mars. > > > > StableGon was first isolated by Dr. Fritz Arbuckle, University of Montana > – Hogeland in 1923. In working with various gas mixtures found in mine > shafts, he found that his sandwiches seemed to last forever after being > exposed to the StableGon gas. Sadly, Dr. Arbuckle came to an unfortunate > end. As it turns out, StableGon can turn toxic when it comes into contact > with baloney. He died a very painful death. For this reason, Congress has > decreed that no StableGon come within 100 miles of Washington DC. God knows > what would happen with that much Baloney. > > > > So, Dave, what do I win this week? > > *Douglas Pauls *| Principal Materials and Process Engr | Advanced > Operations Engineering > > *COLLINS AEROSPACE* > > 400 Collins Road NE, MS 108-101, Cedar Rapids, IA 52498 USA > > *Tel:* +1 319 295 2109 | *Mobile: *+1 319 431 3773 > > [log in to unmask] > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:45 AM David Hillman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > The Question: > > This element is extremely stable and almost completely non-reactive > > which is one reason for its name. Until 1957, the symbol for this > > element was a single letter. The atmosphere of Mars contains this > > element. This element is used to displace oxygen- and > > moisture-containing air in packaging material to extend the > > shelf-lives of the contents. This element is widely used in a number > > of spectroscopy applications (i.e. ICP, FIB, etc.). Name the element > > being described? > > > > The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy & 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 Week 74 Drew > > Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 74 Leland Woodall Week 75 Mordechai > > Kirshenbaum Week 76 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 76 Eray Canli, ANDAR > > Electromechanical Systems > > > > Week 77 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics > > - The boys are right on time. Decapsulation of two custom ASICs > > potted in epoxy, lots of prep work and then on to the 576 Tek curve > > tracer to characterize all characteristics of 8 diodes looking for a > > potential walking wounded. > > > > Week 78 David Bealer, WatchFire Signs > > - The boys can help with finish up a much needed machine > > qualification, and then can go home for the long Thanksgiving weekend. > > > > Week 79 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > > - the boys will help on a 1kV/2kA PCB design, after convinced the > > customer, they will visit the Flensburg Christmas market and get several > "Punsch" > > with shot (hot red wine with spices and rum) as Flensburg has long > > history of about 280 years rum manufacturing... > > > > Week 80 ???? > > - assisted with ???? > > > > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week! > > Dave Hillman > > Collins Aerospace > > [log in to unmask] > > >