ruthenium
rut·he·nium
noun
1.
a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum
Origin
Ruthenia + -ium. Named by Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst Claus in 1844 in honour of Russia (using the Latin name Ruthenia).
Phrases
- ammonium ruthenium chloride
- ruthenium dioxide
- ruthenium oxide
- ruthenium red
- ruthenium tetroxide
- ruthenium trichloride
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