ʻO ka Ruthenium kahi mea paʻakikī, palupalu a me ka hina hina multivalent rare metala, ʻo ka hōʻailona kemika ʻo Ru, he lālā ia o nā metala pūʻulu platinum.ʻO ka maʻiʻo o ka ʻōpala o ka honua he hoʻokahi wale nō ʻāpana o ka piliona.ʻO ia kekahi o nā metala loa loa.Paʻa loa ʻo Ruthenium ma ke ʻano a he kūpaʻa ikaika i ka corrosion.Hiki iā ia ke pale aku i ka waika hydrochloric, sulfuric acid, nitric acid a me ka aqua regia ma ka lumi lumi.Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Ruthenium ma ke ʻano he catalyst.

ʻO Ruthenium kahi mea hoʻoikaika maikaʻi loa no ka hydrogenation, isomerization, oxidation, a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana.He liʻiliʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka ruthenium metala maʻemaʻe.He mea paakiki ia no ka platinum a me ka palladium.E hoʻohana ia mea no ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻopili uila, a me nā ʻāpana paʻa paʻa.