"Ruthenium" is a word in ENGLISH
A rare element of the light platinum group, found
associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle
steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight
103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.
... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.
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A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
Read the complete definitionAn agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.
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Read the complete definitionA rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
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Read the complete definitionA rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.
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Read the complete definitionA rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It …
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