Name : Rhenium
Symbol : Re
Atomic Number : 75
Atomic Weight : 186.207
Specific Heat : 0.13 J/gK
Melting Point : 3180°C
Vaporization : 715.0 kJ/mol
Boiling Point : 5627°C (estimated)
Electronegativity : 1.9
Density@293 K : 21.0 g/cm³
Discovered : Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, Otto Berg, Germany, 1925
Description : Rare and costly, dense, silvery-white metal.
Uses : Mixed with tungsten or platinum to make filaments for mass spectrographs. Its main value is as a trace alloying agent for hardening metal components that are subjected to continuous frictional forces.