Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.
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Rhenium
/ˈɹiːniəm/
Synonyms for "rhenium" (12 found)
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6 entriesmolybdenite orerefractory metalrhenium haliderhenium oxiderhenium sulfidetransition metal
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6 entriesplatinum group metalrhenium alloyrhenium catalystrhenium orerhenium oxiderhenium sulfide
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7 entriesrhenate ionrhenium alloyrhenium haliderhenium metalrhenium orerhenium oxiderhenium sulfide
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