Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One Content description
- A Aluminum Al to Arsenic As
- B Barium Ba to Boron B
- C Cadmium Cd to Curium Cm
- D Dysprosium Dy
- E Erbium Er to Europium Eu
- F Fluorine F
- G Gadolinium Gd to Gold Au
- H Hafnium Hf to Hydrogen H
- I Indium In to Iron Fe
- K Krypton Kr
- L Lanthanum La to Lutetium Lu
- M Magnesium Mg to Molybdenum Mo
- N Neodymium Nd to Nitrogen N
- O Osmium Os to Oxygen O
- P Palladium Pd to Promethium Pm
- R Rhenium Re to Ruthenium Ru
- S Samarium Sm to Sulfur S
- T Tantalum Ta to Tungsten W
- U Uranium U
- V Vanadium V
- X Xenon Xe
- Y Ytterbium Yb to Yttrium Y
- Z Zinc Zn to Zirconium Zr
- Summary
- Part Two Content description
- Part Three Content description
- Part Four Content description
- References
- Index of elements in stars
- Index of molecules in stars
R - Rhenium Re to Ruthenium Ru
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One Content description
- A Aluminum Al to Arsenic As
- B Barium Ba to Boron B
- C Cadmium Cd to Curium Cm
- D Dysprosium Dy
- E Erbium Er to Europium Eu
- F Fluorine F
- G Gadolinium Gd to Gold Au
- H Hafnium Hf to Hydrogen H
- I Indium In to Iron Fe
- K Krypton Kr
- L Lanthanum La to Lutetium Lu
- M Magnesium Mg to Molybdenum Mo
- N Neodymium Nd to Nitrogen N
- O Osmium Os to Oxygen O
- P Palladium Pd to Promethium Pm
- R Rhenium Re to Ruthenium Ru
- S Samarium Sm to Sulfur S
- T Tantalum Ta to Tungsten W
- U Uranium U
- V Vanadium V
- X Xenon Xe
- Y Ytterbium Yb to Yttrium Y
- Z Zinc Zn to Zirconium Zr
- Summary
- Part Two Content description
- Part Three Content description
- Part Four Content description
- References
- Index of elements in stars
- Index of molecules in stars
Summary
This element was discovered by W. Noddack, I. Tacke and O. Berg in 1925 in Berlin. Its name comes from the Rhine river, called Rhenium in Latin.
lonization energies
Rel 7.9 eV, Rell 13.1 eV, Re III 26.0 eV.
Re is not seen in the solar spectrum.
Re I was discovered by Jaschek and Brandi (1972) in one Ap star of the Cr-Eu-Sr subgroup and in another one by Guthrie (1972).
Isotopes
Re has two stable isotopes, Re185 and Re187, which occur with frequencies 37% and 63% respectively in the solar system. There exist also 18 short-lived isotopes and isomers. Re187 has a half life of 4.5 x1010 years and can be used for radioactive dating.
Origin
Re185 can be produced by the r process and the s process and Re187 only by the r process.
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- The Behavior of Chemical Elements in Stars , pp. 149 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995