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Rhenium

foil, thickness 0.25 mm, 99.98% trace metals basis

• Synonym(s): Rhenium element
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Re
• CAS Number: 7440-15-5
• Molecular Weight: 186.21
• MDL number: MFCD00011195
• UNSPSC Code: 12141737
• PubChem Substance ID: 24856216
• NACRES: NA.23

Properties

• Quality Level: 100
• assay: 99.98% trace metals basis
• form: foil
• description: 19.3 μΩ-cm, 20°C
• thickness: 0.25 mm
• bp: 5596 °C (lit.); 5627 °C (lit.)
• mp: 3180 °C (lit.)
• density: 21.02 g/cm³ (lit.)
• SMILES string: [ReH]
• InChI: 1S/Re
• InChI key: WUAPFZMCVAUBPE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Rhenium is a very hard, corrosion, and wear-resistant rare metal with ahigh atomic number. It is widely used in the field of catalysis and the preparationof alloys for jet engines.

Application

Rhenium can be used as a working electrode for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reactions.

It can be used as an additive to prepare a molybdenum-titanium-zirconium (TZM) alloy joint to improve its tensile strength.

It can also be used as a catalyst for various hydrodeoxygenation reactions.

Quantity

3.3 g = 25 × 25 mm; 13.2 g = 50 × 50 mm

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: nwg
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges