Ruthenium - ASCII Periodic Table of the Elements

ASCII PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS

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Relative atomic mass: 101.07 ± 0.02

English: Ruthenium
French: Ruthénium
Croatian: Rutenij
German: Ruthenium
Italian: Rutenio
Spanish: Rutenio

Atomic number: 44
Group numbers: 8
Period: 5
Standard state (20 °C): solid

Discovery: 1844 Karl Karlovich Klaus (RU)

Ruthenium was discovered by Karl Karlovich Klaus (RU) in 1844. The origin of the name comes from the Latin word 'Ruthenia' meaning 'Russia'. It is a rare, extremely brittle, silver-grey metal. Ruthenium is unaffected by air, water or acids but reacts with very hot (molten) alkalis. Ruthenium is found in pentlandite and pyroxinite. It is used to harden platinum and palladium, aircraft magnetos use platinum alloy with 10% ruthenium.

Electronic configuration: [Kr] 4d⁷ 5s¹
Formal oxidation number: +3
Atomic radius: 132.5 pm

Electronegativities: 2.2
Thermal conductivity: 117 W/(m K)
Electrical resistivity (20 °C): 7.6 μΩcm

Melting point: 2334 °C
Boiling point: 4150 °C

Heat of fusion: 23.7 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization: 567 kJ/mol
Heat of atomization: 641.031 kJ/mol