Rhenium Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Rhenium Information

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Re

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Molecular Weight = 186.21 gm

Rhenium 100.00 % Re

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100.00 %

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Re

Help on Environment: Environment:

Occurs with other platinum group metals (Pt, Re, Os, Ir). Never found as a pure element, it is always alloyed with varing percentages of PGMS.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA 1976

Help on Locality: Locality:

Transbaikal, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for the Rhine River in Germany in 1925.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Rhenium Say RHENIUM

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 40355

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Rhenium Crystallography

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a:c = 1:1.61521

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a = 2.76, c = 4.458, Z = 2; V = 29.41 Den(Calc)= 21.03

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Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 2.105(1), 2.226(0.34), 2.388(0.32),

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| | Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.7-83, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Rhenium

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Black.

Help on Density: Density:

21.03

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Opaque

Help on Luster: Luster:

Metallic

Calculated Properties of Rhenium

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Bulk Density (Electron Density)=16.9 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Rhenium =21.0 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0
Boson Index = 1

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PERhenium =1,406.57 barns/electron
U=PERhenium x relectron=23828.41 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 39,126.96 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Rhenium per GRapi unit = 25.56 (PPM)

Rhenium is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size(10 mRem/hr limit, Unshielded 10 cm box) 777.38 ±194.35 grams of pure Rhenium .

Estimated Radioactivity from Rhenium - weak

SpecimenSizeWeight/Volume(Sphere) * CalculatedActivityBecquerels(Bq) CalculatedActivityCuries (Ci) EstimatedActivityGR(api) EstimatedExposure(mRem**)/hrIf Held in HandFor One Hour
1000 gm / 4.49 cm 1,020,000 2.76E-05 39,126.96 12.86
100 gm / 2.09 cm 102,000 2.76E-06 3,912.70 1.29
10 gm / 9.68 mm 10,200 2.76E-07 391.27 0.13
1 gm / 4.49 mm 1,020 2.76E-08 39.13 0.01
0.1 gm / 2.09 mm 102 2.76E-09 3.91 0.00
0.01 gm / 0.97 mm 10 2.76E-10 0.39 0.00
0.001 gm / 0.45 mm 1 2.76E-11 0.04 0.00

Weight of pure Rhenium in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 21.03 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure (360 mRem)**
Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem

Rhenium Classification

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01.00.00.00 (01)Native Elements

(01.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(01.00.00)Platinum Group

01.00.00.00 Antitaenite* gamma-Fe3Ni Unk Cubic

01.00.00.00 Goldamalgam* (Au,Ag)Hg I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.00.00.00 IMA2007-036 TiFeSi2 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m

01.00.00.00 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.00.00.00 Tantalum* Ta I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.00.00.00 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.00.00.00 Tongxinite* Cu2Zn Unk Cubic

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

01.AB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys

01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys)

01.AB.05 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Rhenium Information

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NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

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Links to other databases for Rhenium :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
9 - MinDAT
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - Online Mineral Museum
12 - QUT Mineral Atlas
13 - Ruff.Info
14 - WWW-MINCRYST

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