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Ruthenium

Description & History
ru·the·ni·um (1848):
a hard brittle grayish polyvalent rare metallic element occurring in platinum ores and used in hardening platinum alloys
Element

SymbolRu
Z 44
Atomic Weight 101.07
Density 12.4099998
Edge Energies
(keV)
K 22.1170006
L1 3.22399998
L2 2.96700001
L3 2.83800006
M 0.584999979
K-alpha 19.2779999
K-beta 21.6550007
L-alpha 2.55800009
L-beta 2.68300009
Edge jumps

K 6.76451063
L1 1.1590966
L2 1.40999997
L3 3.43099999
Fluorescence
yield
K 0.79400003
L1 0.0120000001
L2 0.584999979
L3 19.2779999

Alphabetical List of Elements

  Actinium(Ac) Europium(Eu) Neodymium(Nd) Silicon(Si)
  Aluminum(Al) Fermium(Fm) Neon(Ne) Silver(Ag)
  Americium(Am) Fluorine(F) Neptunium(Np) Sodium(Na)
  Antimony(Sb) Francium(Fr) Nickel(Ni) Strontium(Sr)
  Argon(Ar) Gadolinium(Gd) Niobium(Nb) Sulfur(S)
  Arsenic(As) Gallium(Ga) Nitrogen(N) Tantalum(Ta)
  Astatine(At) Germanium(Ge) Nobelium(No) Technetium(Tc)
  Barium(Ba) Gold(Au) Osmium(Os) Tellurium(Te)
  Berkelium(Bk) Hafnium(Hf) Oxygen(O) Terbium(Tb)
  Beryllium(Be) Hassium(Hs) Palladium(Pd) Thallium(Tl)
  Bismuth(Bi) Helium(He) Phosphorus(P) Thorium(Th)
  Bohrium(Bh) Holmium(Ho) Platinum(Pt) Thulium(Tm)
  Boron(B) Hydrogen(H) Plutonium(Pu) Tin(Sn)
  Bromine(Br) Indium(In) Polonium(Po) Titanium(Ti)
  Cadmium(Cd) Iodine(I) Potassium(K) Tungsten(W)
  Calcium(Ca) Iridium(Ir) Praseodymium(Pr) Ununbium(Uub)
  Californium(Cf) Iron(Fe) Promethium(Pm) Ununhexium(Uuh)
  Carbon(C) Krypton(Kr) Protactinium(Pa) Ununnilium(Uun)
  Cerium(Ce) Lanthanum(La) Radium(Ra) Ununoctium(Uuo)
  Cesium(Cs) Lawrencium(Lr) Radon(Rn) Ununquadium(Uuq)
  Chlorine(Cl) Lead(Pb) Rhenium(Re) Unununium(Uuu)
  Chromium(Cr) Lithium(Li) Rhodium(Rh) Uranium(U)
  Cobalt(Co) Lutetium(Lu) Rubidium(Rb) Vanadium(V)
  Copper(Cu) Magnesium(Mg) Ruthenium(Ru) Xenon(Xe)
  Curium(Cm) Manganese(Mn) Rutherfordium(Rf) Ytterbium(Yb)
  Dubnium(Db) Meitnerium(Mt) Samarium(Sm) Yttrium(Y)
  Dysprosium(Dy) Mendelevium(Md) Scandium(Sc) Zinc(Zn)
  Einsteinium(Es) Mercury(Hg) Seaborgium(Sg) Zirconium(Zr)
  Erbium(Er) Molybdenum(Mo) Selenium(Se)


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