From Conservapedia | 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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75
Re 186.2 |
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| *Lanthanides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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