Rhenium

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Rhenium

• A.B.
• November 21, 2009

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Phun Phacts

• Date of Discovery 1925 Discoverer Walter
  Noddack,Ida Tacke, Otto Berg
• Name Origin From Rhines provinces of Germany
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Significant Stats

• Name Rhenium Symbol Re Atomic Number 75
  Atomic Mass 186.207 amu Number of
  Protons/Electrons 75 Number of Neutrons 111
  Classification Transition Metal Color
  Silverish
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Influx of Info

• Rhenium is a very dense, high-melting,
  silver-white metal.
• In the United States rhenium is obtained
  commercially as a byproduct of the roasting of
  copper sulfide ores from Arizona and Utah.
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• Number of Energy Levels 6
• First Energy Level 2 Second Energy Level 8
  Third Energy Level 18 Fourth Energy Level 32
  Fifth Energy Level 13 Sixth Energy Level 2
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Unique Uses

• Rhenium wire is used in photoflash lamps for
  photograph
• Rhenium is also used as an electrical contact
  material because it has good wear resistance and
  withstands arc corrosion.
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Distinct Data

• Rhenium can also be used in medical applications.
  
• Radioactive rhenium used in prevention and
  treatment.
• It is also highly effective in the treatment of
  liver tumors.
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• Rhenium has many uses. One use is small rocket
  thrusters. These thrusters are used in outer
  space to position satellites and help them
  maintain a geo-stationary orbit.
• It is scarce in the earths crust 0.7 parts per
  million. It is therefore quite expensive.

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More Phabulous Phacts

• In 1928 rhenium cost 10,000/g. The price today
  is about 250/troy oz.
• Some sources for rhenium are Chile, Russia,
  Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and the southwestern United
  States.
• http//pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/75.html

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More Incredible Info

• Because of its high melting point, rhenium is a
  refractory metal. In that classification, rhenium
  is unique.
• It is the only refractory metal that does not
  form carbides.
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Dynamic Data

• Natural rhenium is a mixture of two stable
  isotopes. Twenty six other unstable isotopes are
  recognized.
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• Rhenium also has a high modulus of elasticity.
  This means that structures made of rhenium will
  have very good stability and rigidity.
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Phascinating Phacts

• At the time rhenium was found,  element 75
  (rhenium) and element 43 were the only two
  elements of the main periodic table that had not
  yet been discovered. Element 75 was named 
  "rhenium" in honor of the Rhine River.
• http//www.chemistry.pomona.edu/chemistry/periodic
  _table/elements/rhenium/history1.htm

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