rhenium

chemical element with symbol Re and atomic number 75
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rhenium

Summary

rhenium is a chemical element[1]. rhenium draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #76 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • rhenium is credited with the discovery of Walter Noddack[3].
  • rhenium is credited with the discovery of Ida Noddack[4].
  • rhenium is credited with the discovery of Otto Berg[5].
  • rhenium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[6].
  • Rhine is named after rhenium[7].
  • rhenium is made of molybdenite mineral group[8].
  • rhenium is made of rheniite[9].
  • rhenium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Re][10].
  • rhenium's element symbol is recorded as Re[11].
  • rhenium's chemical formula is recorded as Re[12].
  • rhenium is a type of heavy metal[13].
  • rhenium is part of period 6[14].
  • rhenium is part of group 7[15].
  • rhenium is part of transition metal[16].
  • rhenium's Commons category is recorded as Rhenium[17].
  • rhenium's Unicode character is recorded as 錸[18].
  • rhenium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[19].
  • rhenium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1925[20].
  • rhenium's space group is recorded as space group P6₃/mmc[21].
  • rhenium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhenium[22].
  • rhenium's Commons gallery is recorded as Rhenium[23].
  • rhenium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+75'}[24].
  • rhenium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.9'}[25].
  • rhenium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[26].
  • rhenium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[27].

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Definition and Type

rhenium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[6]. rhenium is a type of heavy metal[13].

Origins

Rhine is named after rhenium[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6[14], a period[28]; group 7[15], a group[29]; and transition metal[16].

Influence

Things named for rhenium include rheniite[30], a mineral species[31].

Why It Matters

rhenium draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #76 of 144).[2] rhenium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] rhenium is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for rhenium include rheniite[30], a mineral species[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of heavy metal
    Part of period 6, group 7, transition metal
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  2. 3d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of heavy metal
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  3. 5d ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id 00006907n
    Interlingual index id i113994
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id 151078523
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  4. 16d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity {'amount': '+5560000.0'}
    Melting point {'amount': '+3459.0'}
    Specific heat capacity {'amount': '+137.0'}
    Electrical resistivity {'amount': '+0.000000193'}
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  5. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 49RQdn
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  6. 15w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id renij
    Named after
    Atomic number {'amount': '+75'}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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