Insimbi ye-Rhenium iyabiza futhi ayivamisile ukusetshenziswa iyodwa, futhi isetshenziswa kakhulu njengesithasiselo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukumelana nokukhasa kwama-alloys okushisa aphezulu. Inani elincane le-rhenium elingezwe ku-tungsten ne-molybdenum lingathuthukisa kakhulu ikhono le-brittleness ne-deformation emazingeni okushisa aphansi futhi lithole ukuzinza okungcono emazingeni okushisa aphezulu.
I-WRe ne-MoRe ine-plasticity enhle namandla okushisa aphezulu, zombili zingasetshenziselwa izingxenye zesakhiwo sokushisa okuphezulu, njengezinhloso ze-X-ray, ama-electrodes, ama-thermocouples, izakhi zokushisa, njll.