Ruthenium o se tasi o elemene platinum.O lona fa'aoga sili ona taua o le faia lea o fa'amalosi.Platinum-ruthenium catalysts e mafai ona faʻaogaina e faʻapipiʻi sela suauu methanol ma faʻaititia carbon dioxide;Grubbs catalysts e mafai ona fa'aoga mo tali olefin metathesis.E le gata i lea, e mafai fo'i ona fa'aogaina fa'aputuga ruthenium e gaosia ai ata mafiafia fa'atete'e ma e fa'amama moli i totonu ole la e fa'asolo i le vali.

Ruthenium o se ituaiga o uʻamea mamalu e sili atu catalytic faatinoga ma e faʻaaogaina i le tele o tali, e pei o hydrogenation tali ma catalytic oxidation tali.I le faaopoopo atu i uiga o le ruthenium, uaea nano-ruthenium o loʻo i ai uiga o nano-meafaitino ma le maualuga o le faatinoga o "uaea quantum".