释义 |
rhe·ni·um \ˈrēnēəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Rhenus Rhine river + New Latin -ium : a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically, that occurs especially in molybdenite, gadolinite, columbite, or platinum ores, that is obtained either as a black or grayish powder by ignition in hydrogen usually of a perrhenate or as a silver-white hard metal (as by sintering the powder), and that is usually used in catalysts for dehydrogenation and in thermocouples — symbol Re; see element table |