Ruthenium

Ruthenium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Ru. It has the atomic number 44. It is a rare metal. It is silver white. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. It is also part of the platinum group. Ruthenium is found in platinum ores.

Ruthenium is used as a catalyst in some platinum alloys.

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Ruthenium Media

Gas phase grown crystals of ruthenium metal
Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) chloride
Grubbs' catalyst, which earned a Nobel Prize for its inventor, is used in alkene metathesis reactions.
Halloysite nanotubes intercalated with ruthenium catalytic nanoparticles
[RuCl(S,S-TsDPEN)(cymene)]-catalysed (R,R)-hydrobenzoin synthesis (yield 100%, ee >99%)