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{{Element | name=Rhenium | symbol=Re | anumber=75 | amass=186.207 amu | state=Solid | class=Transition Metals | cstructure=Hexagonal | color=Silver-White metal, or a Gray powder | date=1925 | discname=Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg | origname=From the Greek name for the Rhine River, ''Rhenus''. | uses=It is added to tungsten and molybdenum alloys. Also used in refractory metal components of missiles, electronic filaments, electrical contacts, high-temperature thermocouplers, oven filaments, electrodes, igniters for flash bulbs, jewelry, plating of metals by electrolysis and vapor-phase deposition. | obtained=Found in small amounts in [[gadolinite]] and [[molybdenite]]; usually extracted from the flue dusts of [[molybdenum]] smelters. }} | {{Element | name=Rhenium | symbol=Re | anumber=75 | amass=186.207 amu | state=Solid | class=Transition Metals | cstructure=Hexagonal | color=Silver-White metal, or a Gray powder | date=1925 | discname=Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg | origname=From the Greek name for the Rhine River, ''Rhenus''. | uses=It is added to tungsten and molybdenum alloys. Also used in refractory metal components of missiles, electronic filaments, electrical contacts, high-temperature thermocouplers, oven filaments, electrodes, igniters for flash bulbs, jewelry, plating of metals by electrolysis and vapor-phase deposition. | obtained=Found in small amounts in [[gadolinite]] and [[molybdenite]]; usually extracted from the flue dusts of [[molybdenum]] smelters. }} | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Precious metal]] | ||
| + | * [[Gold]] and [[Silver]] | ||
| + | * [[Gold standard]] | ||
| + | * [[Inflation hedge]] | ||
| + | * [[Fiat currency]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | {{Periodic table}} | ||
[[Category:Elements]] | [[Category:Elements]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Metals]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Precious Metals]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:35, July 12, 2016
| Rhenium | |
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| Properties | |
| Atomic symbol | Re |
| Atomic number | 75 |
| Classification | Transition Metals |
| Atomic mass | 186.207 amu |
| Other Information | |
| Date of discovery | 1925 |
| Name of discoverer | Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg |
| Name origin | From the Greek name for the Rhine River, Rhenus. |
| Uses | It is added to tungsten and molybdenum alloys. Also used in refractory metal components of missiles, electronic filaments, electrical contacts, high-temperature thermocouplers, oven filaments, electrodes, igniters for flash bulbs, jewelry, plating of metals by electrolysis and vapor-phase deposition. |
| Obtained from | Found in small amounts in gadolinite and molybdenite; usually extracted from the flue dusts of molybdenum smelters. |
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