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Ruthenium
101.072
Basic Information
Bohr Model
Descriptive Numbers
Mass
Periodic Position
Classification
Abundance
Color
Atomic Radius
Temperature
Density
Heat
Speed of Sound
Electrical Resistance
Magnetic Properties
Elasticity
Hardness
Etymology
Discovery & Isolation
Production & Use
Radioactivity
Electron Affinity
Dipole Polarity
Lattice
Electron & Quantum
List of Compounds
Name
Ruthenium
Atomic Number
44
Appearance
Silvery white metallic
Phase At STP
Solid
Spectrum Image
Source
WikipediaStatic

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CAS Number
7440-18-8
CID Number
CID23950
DOT Number
3089
Mendeleev Number
60
Pettifor Number
63
Space Group Number
194
Glawe Number
61
Atomic Mass
101.072 Da
Uncertainty
0.02
X Position
8
Y Position
5
Period
5
Group
8
Block
d
Category
Transition Metal
Geochemical
I am metal
Goldschmidt
Siderophile
Electrical Type
Conductive
Seawater
7e-13 kg/L
Sun
0.0000019 mole ratio to silicon
Earth Crust
1e-9 g
Solar System
0.0000019 mole ratio to silicon
Meteorites
0.000081 %
Jmol
#248F8F
Molcas Gv
#248F8F
CPK
#FF1493
Empirical
130
Calculated
178
Batsanov
205
Rahm
237
Uff
296.3
Mm3
234
Alvarez
246
Covalent (Single Bound)
126
Covalent (Triple Bound)
103
Covalent (Cordero)
146
Covalent (Pyykko)
125
Covalent (Pyykko Double)
114
Covalent (Pyykko Triple)
103
Mendeleev
125
C12
134
Metallic
134
Melting/Freeze (USE)
2607 °K
Melting/Freeze (WEL)
2607 °K
Melting/Freeze (CRC)
2607 °K
Melting/Freeze (LNG)
2607 °K
Boiling/Density (USE)
4423 °K
Boiling/Density (WEL)
4423 °K
Boiling/Density (CRC)
4423 °K
Boiling/Density (LNG)
4423 °K
Boiling/Density (Zhang)
4423 °K
Superconducting Point
0.49 °K
STP
12.45 kg/cm³
Solid (WEL)
12370 kg/cm³
Solid (CRC)
12100 kg/cm³
Solid (LNG)
12450 kg/cm³
Liquid (CR2)
10650 kg/cm³
Molar Volume
8.17 cm³/mol
Atomic Volume
8.3 cm³
Heat Of Fusion USE
25.5 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion CRC
38.59 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion LNG
38.59 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion WEL
25.7 kJ/mol
Evaporation LNG
591.6 kJ/mol
Evaporation WEL
580 kJ/mol
Evaporation Zhang
619 kJ/mol
Molar Heat
24.06 J/molK
Heat Capacity USE
0.238 J/gK
Heat Capacity CRC
24.06 J/gK
Heat Capacity LNG
24.1 J/gK
Heat Capacity WEL
24.1 J/gK
Thermal Conductivity
117 W/m*K
Thermal Expansion
0.0000064 1/K
Adiabatic Index
N/A
Extensional
5970 m/s
273k
71 nΩm
Order
paramanyetic
Susceptibility
5.4e-9 m3/kg
Shear Modulus
173 GPa
Bulk Modulus
220 GPa
Poisson Ratio
0.3 ν
Youngs Modulus
447 GPa
Mohs
6.5
Brinell
2160
Description
It is a hard, white transition metal. It is found with platinum. It is used as a catalyst in some platinum alloys. It is soluble in molten alkalis and is not attacked by acids. It reacts with halogens and oxygen at high temperatures. In 1844 K.K. Isolated by Klaus.
Language Of Origin
Latin
Origin Of Word
The New Latin equivalent of the word Russia is Ruthenia.
Meaning
The route, Kiev Knezliği
Symbol Origin
place name
Etymological Description
It comes from the Latin word Ruthenia, which indicates the Kiev Principality.
Observed/Predicted By
K. Claus
Observed/Discovery Year
1844
Discovery Location
Isolated Sample By
K. Claus
Isolated Sample Year
1844
Sources
It is found in pyroxynite and pentlandite.
Uses
It is used when hardening platinum and palladium. Platinum alloys with 10% ruthenium are used in aircraft magnetos.
Half Life
Stable
Lifetime
Stable
Neutron Mass Absorption
0.0009
Neutron Cross Section
2.6
Proton Affinity
774
Electron Affinity (eV)
1.05
Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)
100.96
Electron Affinity (pauling)
2.2
Electron Affinity (allen)
9.1
Electron Affinity (ghosh)
0.1376494
Accepted
72
Uncertainty
10
C6 GB
809
Constant Internal Default Radius
2.7
Constant
270.59, 270.59, 428.15
Strucutre
HEX
Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Oxidation States
−4,−2,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Electron Configuration
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s1 4d7
Quantum Number
Blow
Electron Configuration Semantic
[Kr] 4d7 5s1
Shells-0
2
Shells-1
8
Shells-2
18
Shells-3
15
Shells-4
1
Ionization Energies-0
710.2
Ionization Energies-1
1620
Ionization Energies-2
2747
1-10 of 74 compounds
| Formula | Names |
|---|---|
| Ru | ruthenium ruthenium metal |
| RuCl3 | ruthenium(III) chloride ruthenium chloride ruthenium trichloride trichlororuthenium |
| RuI3 | ruthenium(III) iodide ruthenium iodide ruthenium triiodide triiodoruthenium |
| RuO2 | ruthenium dioxide diketoruthenium dioxoruthenium ruthenium(IV) oxide ruthenium oxide |
| O4Ru | ruthenium(VIII) oxide |
| RuF3 | ruthenium(III) fluoride |
| RuF4 | ruthenium(IV) fluoride |
| RuF5 | ruthenium(V) fluoride |
| RuF6 | ruthenium(VI) fluoride |
| C10H10Ru | ruthenocene bis(cyclopentadienyl)ruthenium cyclopentane; ruthenium ruthenium, bis(eta 5-cyclopentadienyl) |