Ruthenium nikintu gikomeye, cyoroshye kandi cyoroshye cyinshi cyinshi cyicyuma kidasanzwe, ikimenyetso cyimiti Ru, ni umunyamuryango wibyuma bya platine.Ibiri mubutaka bwisi nigice kimwe gusa kuri miliyari.Ni kimwe mu byuma bidakunze kubaho.Ruthenium ihagaze neza muri kamere kandi ifite imbaraga zo kurwanya ruswa.Irashobora kurwanya aside hydrochloric, aside sulfurike, aside nitric na aqua regia mubushyuhe bwicyumba.Rutheniyumu ifite imiterere ihamye kandi irwanya ruswa.Ruthenium ikoreshwa kenshi nka catalizator.

Ruthenium ni umusemburo mwiza wa hydrogenation, isomerisation, okiside, hamwe no kuvugurura reaction.Ibyuma bya rutheniyumu bifite ibikoresho bike cyane.Nibikomeye kuri platine na palladium.Koresha kugirango ukore amashanyarazi avanze, kimwe nubutaka bukomeye.