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Origin of the name Rhenium: Latin Rhenus meaning river Rhine
Discovered by Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke and Otto Berg in Germany. In 1928 they were able to extract 1 g of element by processing 660 kg of molybdenite.
Rhenium
-Atomic Number 75 -Atomic Weight 186.207
Symbol: Re
Period: 6
Group: 7
State: SOLID
Group Name: Transition Metals
Block: d
Predicted by Henry Moseley in 1914.
a silvery white metal
Uses: -Rhenium wire is used in flash lamps for photography. -Thermocouples made of Re-W are used for measuring temp. up to 2200C
Atomic mass: 186.207
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