Rhenium: historical information
- Discoveror: Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, Otto Berg
- Place of discovery: Germany
- Date of discovery: 1925
- Origin of name : from the Greek word "Rhenus" meaning river "Rhine".
Discovery of rhenium is generally attributed to Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke-Noddack, and Otto Berg, who announced in 1925 they had detected the element in platinum ores and columbite.