Re

Rhenium

Z 75 186.207 g/molTransition Metal

Overview Atomic Properties Thermodynamics Electromagnetism Isotopes

Group

7

Period

6

Block

d

Occurrence

Merging neutron stars 91%Dying low-mass stars 9%Geochemical class: Siderophile

Biological Role

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History

1919 (isolation)

Masataka Ogawa

1925 (discovery)

Walter Noddack, Ida Noddack, Otto Berg

Named By

Walter Noddack, Ida Noddack, Otto Berg

Latin Name

Rhenium

Abundance

Solar System

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Sun

x

Meteorites

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Earth's crust

x

Oceans

x

Humans

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