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Discovery of Rhenium

Germany · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1925

Walter Noddack1925

Berlin · Science / Chemistry

Co-discovers rhenium by X-ray spectroscopy and chemical separation, filling one of the remaining gaps in the periodic table among the transition metals.

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Walter Noddack

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