Rhenium: Rhenium

Located in Group 7 and Period 6 of the Periodic Table is one of the element used to make jet engines. This is Rhenium.

Ida Noddack

First discovered in 1925 by Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg, first isolated also by Walter Noddack, Ida Noddack, and Otto Berg in 1925.

Rhenium is generally considered to have been discovered by Walter Noddack, Ida Noddack, and Otto Berg in Germany. In 1925 they reported that they had detected the element in platinum ore and in the mineral columbite. They also found rhenium in gadolinite and molybdenite.

Gadolinite

So, in 1928, Noddack and Berg were able to extract 1 gram of rhenium from 660 kilograms of Molybdenite. And Because of this, Noddack and Berg are made as the official discoverers of Rhenium.

Atomic Number : 75
Name : Rhenium
Latin Name : Rhenium
Electrons per shell : [ 2, 8, 18, 32, 13, 2 ]
Discoverer : Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke and Otto Berg ( 1925 )
Isolator : Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke and Otto Berg ( 1925 )
Element's : Atomic Mass : 186.21 u

: Density : 21.02 g/cm³
: Type : Transition Metal
Chemical Properties :

Rhenium Isotope

Can be combined with Indium

Can be combined with Tellurium

Isotopes : Rhenium - 185 : Protons: 75 : Electrons: 75 : Neutrons: 110 ( Half Life : Stable ) Rhenium - 187 : Protons: 75 : Electrons: 75 : Neutrons: 112 ( Half Life : 4.12x10[10] years )

Physical Properties :

Ductile

Malleable

Silvery in color

Melting point of 3180 degrees Celsius

Boiling point of 5630 degrees Celsius

How Rhenium got its name?

Rhenium got its name from the Latin word Rhenus meaning River Rhine.

Uses

Rhenium is use as an alloy with Platinum to make Plane Parts such as Jet engines, catalysts and more. Rhenium is also widely used in filament for mass spectrograph. Rhenium is also used as an electrical contact material.