| Tecken | Re |
| Atomnummer | 75 |
| Grupp | 7 (Mangangruppen) |
| Period | 6 |
| Block | d |
| Ämnesklass | Övergångsmetall |
| Utseende | Silvery-grayish |
| Färg | Grå |
| Antal protoner | 75 p+ |
| Antal neutroner | 111 n0 |
| Antal elektroner | 75 e- |
| Fas vid STP | Fast |
| Densitet | 21.02 g/cm3 |
| Relativ atommassa | 186.207 u |
| Smältpunkt | 3459 K 3185.85 °C 5766.53 °F |
| Kokpunkt | 5869 K 5595.85 °C 10104.53 °F |
| Ångbildningsvärme | 707.1 kJ/mol |
| Elektronegativitet (Paulingskalan) | 1.9 |
| Elektronaffinitet | 5.8273 kJ/mol |
| Oxidationstal | −3, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7 (a mildly acidic oxide) |
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| Upptäckt | Walter Noddack, Ida Noddack, Otto Berg (1925) |
| Första isolation | Walter Noddack, Ida Noddack (1928) |
Upptäckten av rhenium In 1922, Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke (future spouses Noddack) began searching for the elements number 43 (technetium) and 75 (rhenium). The Noddacks extracted 1 mg of oxide of what they believed to be element number 75 from platinum ore, and by X-ray emission spectroscopy found lines belonging to element number 75. Then the Noddacks published the discovery of element number 75 and named it rhenium after the river Rhine in Europe. | |