Rhenium

Rhenium: physical properties

Temperatures

• Melting point: 3459 [or 3186 °C (5767 °F)] K
• Boiling point: 5869 [or 5596 °C (10105 °F)] K (liquid range: 2410  K
• Critical temperature: no data  K
• Superconduction temperature: 1.70 [or -271.4 °C (-456.5 °F)] K

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Expansion and conduction properties

• Thermal conductivity: 48  W m^-1 K^-1
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 6.2  x 10^-6 K^-1

Bulk properties

• Density of solid: 21020  kg m^-3
• Molar volume: 8.86  cm³
• Velocity of sound: 4700  m s^-1

Elastic properties

• Youngs modulus: 463  GPa
• Rigidity modulus: 178  GPa
• Bulk modulus: 370  GPa
• Poissons ratio: 0.30  (no units)

Hardnesses

• Mineral hardness: 7.0  (no units)
• Brinell hardness: 1320  MN m^-2
• Vickers hardness: 2450  MN m^-2

Electrical properties

• Electrical resistivity: 18  10^-8 Ω m; or mΩ cm

Optical properties

The image above is a virtual representation of rhenium metal calculated by Patrick Callet using the complex diectric function of the element only.

• Reflectivity: no data  %
• Refractive index: no data  (no units)

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