RUTHENIUM, Ru
TOP LEFT IN Pt’s GROUP
Ru—top left in Pt’s group—so lustrous, hard, and rare,
Its “carbene Grubbs,” so Nobel-prized, swaps alkenes with such flair.
Helps showcase surgeons’ expertise,
And shields Ti pipes ’gainst salty seas;
In chip resistors, hard drives too; for contacts that don’t wear.
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Ru—top left in Pt’s group—so lustrous, hard, and rare,
GROUP 8 TRANSITION METAL
Ruthenium is a hard and lustrous transition metal. It’s also one of the rarest metals on the planet (it’s only the 74th most abundant element in Earth’s crust). Its properties are similar to its near-neighbors rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium ...
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