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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]] | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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+ | {{Periodic table}} | ||
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[[Category:Metals]] | [[Category:Metals]] | ||
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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. |
See also
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Re 186.2 |
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