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rhenium

[ ree-nee-uhm ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a rare metallic element of the manganese subgroup: used, because of its high melting point, in platinum-rhenium thermocouples. : Re; : 75; : 186.2.


rhenium

/ 藞谤颈藧苍瑟蓹尘 /

noun

  1. a dense silvery-white metallic element that has a high melting point. It occurs principally in gadolinite and molybdenite and is used, alloyed with tungsten or molybdenum, in high-temperature thermocouples. Symbol: Re; atomic no: 75; atomic wt: 186.207; valency: 鈥1 or 1鈥7; relative density: 21.02; melting pt: 3186掳C; boiling pt: 5596掳C (est)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rhenium

  1. A very rare, dense, silvery-white metallic element with a very high melting point. It is used to make catalysts and electrical contacts. Atomic number 75; atomic weight 186.2; melting point 3,180掳C; boiling point 5,627掳C; specific gravity 21.02; valence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of rhenium1

1920鈥25; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin 搁丑脓苍 ( us ) Rhine + -ium -ium
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of rhenium1

C19: New Latin, from 搁丑脓苍us the Rhine
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According to a study published in PNAS, the researchers used rhenium 鈳 a silvery-gray, heavy transition metal 鈳 as a proxy for carbon.

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Sampling river water to measure rhenium levels makes it possible to quantify CO2 release.

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The mine was predicted to disrupt this food chain mightily in the name of extracting rich veins of copper and gold, and potentially molybdenum and rhenium.

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Other physicists at Bell Labs were exploring alloys containing metals like niobium, molybdenum and rhenium as well as a smidgen of iron.

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To increase the signal arising from hydrogen compared with that from its surroundings, the gaskets used were made of elements lighter than tungsten and rhenium.

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