Synonyms
I14-42280; Rhenium, foil, thickness 0.04 mm, length 1 m, coil width .8 mm; Rhenium, foil, thickness 0.04 mm, length 0.2 m, coil width .7 mm; Rhenium, foil, thickness 0.025 mm, length 5 m, coil width 0.76 mm; Rhenium, wire reel, 0.5m, diameter 0.25mm, annealed, 99.97%; Rhenium, wire reel, 1m, diameter 0.2mm, annealed, 99.97%; Rhenium, foil, thickness 0.125 mm, size 25 x 25 mm, purity 99.99%; Rhenium foil, 1.0mm (0.04in) thick; MFCD00011195; Rhenium, wire reel, 1m, diameter 0.15mm, annealed, 99.97%;
Application
Small quantities of rhenium are alloyed with iron to form steel that is both hard and resistantto wear and high-temperatures. Because of its high melting point, rhenium is used inmany applications where long-wearing, high-temperature electrical components are required,such as electrical contacts and switches and high-temperature thermocouples. This physicalquality makes rhenium alloys ideal for use in rocket and missile engines. It is also used to formthe filaments in photographic flash lamps.Rhenium's isotope (187Re) has a very long half-life and decays by both beta and alpharadiation at a very steady rate. This factor makes it useful as a standard to measure the age ofthe universe.
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