Rhenium (Re) Fun Facts
"The Jet-Setter, a hero who allows jet engines to run hotter and more efficiently."
The true essence of Rhenium (Re) on the molecular frontier.
Rhenium is a dense, silvery-white, rare metal.
Rhenium is found in the turbine blades inside a commercial jet engine.
Rhenium was the last stable, naturally occurring element to be discovered.
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It was the last naturally occurring stable element to be discovered, in 1925.
It has the third-highest melting point of any element, after tungsten and carbon.
About 70% of the world's rhenium is used to make high-temperature superalloys for jet engine parts, like turbine blades.
It is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust; its average concentration is estimated at just one part per billion.
Its name comes from Rhenus, the Latin name for the Rhine river.