Meaning Of The Word Ruthenium
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Ruthenium Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Ruthenium?
ruthenium in American English
a rare, very hard and brittle, silver-gray chemical element, one of the platinum metals, used as a hardener in alloys of platinum and palladium and as a catalyst: symbol, Ru; at. no., 44 noun: a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals; at. wt.: 101.07; at. no.: 44; sp. gr.: 12.2 at 20°C ruthenium in British English noun: a hard brittle white element of the platinum metal group. It occurs free with other platinum metals in pentlandite and other ores and is used to harden platinum and palladium. Symbol: Ru; atomic no: 44; atomic wt: 101.07; valency: 0–8; relative density: 1 |
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