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Rhenium

Atomic Number 75 · Metal pellet

One of the rarest elements in Earth's crust. Used in jet engine superalloys and platinum-rhenium catalysts.

Atomic Mass

186.21 u

Category

Transition Metal

Phase (STP)

Solid

Density

21.02 g/cm³

Melting Point

3186 °C

Boiling Point

5596 °C

Electronegativity

1.9 (Pauling)

Atomic Radius

135 pm

Electron Configuration

[Xe] 4f14 5d5 6s2

Discovered

1925 — Masataka Ogawa

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