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Ele075 - Rhenium - (Elements Series) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/15/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Periodic Table of Elements - 75 - Rhenium

Rhenium (ree-nee-əm) is a chemical element with the symbol Re and it has an atomic number of 75.  The atomic weight of Rhenium is 186.207. 

Things you might not know about Rhenium:

  1. Rhenium was the next-to-last naturally occurring element to be discovered.
  2. Rhenium is one of the rarest elements in Earth's crust with an average concentration of 1 ppb.
  3. Rhenium is added to high-temperature superalloys that are used to make jet engine parts, making 70% of the worldwide rhenium production.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

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