75

Re

Rhenium

186.21

Transition Metal
Solid

Discovery

Noddack, Walter & Tacke, Ida (1925)

Etymology

Latin

Meaning

The Rhine

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Hexagonal close-packed

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

3180.0 °C

3453.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

5660.0 °C

5933.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

21.04 g/cm3

Electronegativity

1.90