Rhenium


 * Element Name: **Rhenium

**Element Symbol: **Re

**Atomic Mass: **186

**Atomic Number: **75

**Protons: **75

**Electrons: **75

**Discovery: **Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg discovered Rhenium in 1925.

**How It Was Named: **From the Greek word Rhenus meaning river or phine.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">State of Matter: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Solid

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Melting Point: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3186°C

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Boiling Point: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5596°C

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Characteristics: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Rhenium is a grey-ish white.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Rhenium is classified as metallic.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Rhenium is a solid.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Uses: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rhenium is used for the flash lamps in cameras also it’s resistant to poison and used in some sword blades, and as electrical contact material.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Interesting Facts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rhenium is less reactive to air then manganese. Rhenium does not react with water under normal conditions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> media type="youtube" key="uTm_wWAEz1Q" height="390" width="640" align="center"