Ruthenium bụ metal siri ike, kenkuwa na ìhè isi awọ multivalent obere metal, akara kemịkalụ Ru, bụ onye otu platinum otu ọla.Ọdịnaya dị n'ime ime ụwa bụ naanị otu akụkụ kwa ijeri.Ọ bụ otu n'ime ọla ndị na-adịghị ahụkebe.Ruthenium kwụsiri ike na okike ma nwee nguzogide corrosion siri ike.Ọ nwere ike iguzogide acid hydrochloric, sulfuric acid, nitric acid na aqua regia na ụlọ okpomọkụ.Ruthenium nwere ihe ndị siri ike na nguzogide corrosion siri ike.A na-ejikarị Ruthenium eme ihe dị ka ihe na-akpali akpali.

Ruthenium bụ ihe na-akpali akpali maka hydrogenation, isomerization, oxidation, na mgbanwe mmeghachi omume.Ruthenium metal dị ọcha nwere obere ojiji.Ọ bụ ihe siri ike dị irè maka platinum na palladium.Jiri ya na-eme ka ọkụ kọntaktị alloys, nakwa dị ka ala siri ike alloys.