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Metallic element: symbol Re, atomic number
75, relative atomic mass 186.22. It was
identified 1925 by Noddack, Tacke, and Berg
in the minerals columbite, tantalite, and
wolframite. It is a hard grey metal, used in
thermocouples (electric temperature-measuring
devices) and as a catalyst.