How to Use ruthenium in a Sentence

ruthenium

noun

• The ruthenium atom is solidly attached to a base of molecular groups shaped like a five-petaled flower.
  — Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2019
• Yellow gold, rose gold and ruthenium give the brass an extra glimmer (some things that glitter are gold, after all).
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
• Copper, the most eager metal in the mix, refuses to blend with ruthenium.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
• Their findings, however, strengthen the case thanks to a rare element called ruthenium.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• Luckily, that technetium decays into a type of ruthenium, which is stable.
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2018
• The discovery of this ruthenium, which was formed and locked down with gold, might be a telling sign that these volcanic rocks are coming from deep within the Earth.
  — Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
• One of these metals is ruthenium, which is rare on Earth but common in meteorites, according to a statement.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
• Based on meteorite samples, this added various other isotopes of ruthenium to the crust and mantle.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
• The key breakthrough comes from adding ultrathin ruthenium dioxide nanosheets to a standard tin-oxide sensing layer.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
• The solution was, basically, to etch a deep, narrow trench between the transistor fins and then fill it with ruthenium.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2019
• Ruthenium, top vias, and air gaps Among the replacements for copper, ruthenium has gained a following.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
• In 1992, Grubbs solved the problem by using ruthenium as a catalyst.
  — John Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• The creation began with ruthenium, a high-activity precious metal, as the foundation of their study.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
• After all, the supplies of precious metals contained in asteroids, such as platinum, cobalt and ruthenium, are nearly endless.
  — Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2019
• The chemical element with the atomic number 44 is called ruthenium.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• The movement features a sunray brushed finish in black ruthenium, lending a modern and dynamic appearance to the design.
  — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
• But research is showing that the old formulas used to build copper interconnects are a disadvantage to ruthenium.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
• In search of more definitive evidence, Willbold’s team zeroed in on an element named ruthenium.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
• The isotopes of ruthenium in the Earth's core are slightly different from those on the surface, with the difference being too small to really detect.
  — Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
• The team also analyzed ruthenium from other asteroid impact sites and meteorites.
  — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• Battery materials such as cobalt and steel-hardener vanadium have surged, while minor precious metals like ruthenium rallied too.
  — Thomas Biesheuvel, Bloomberg.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Trying on a one-off watch from the brand with case and bracelet crafted entirely from ruthenium (a member of the platinum family used by high-end watchmakers) left little doubt about the quality on offer.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
• There are also the Mobius strip cuff links crafted from all-silver or interwoven yellow-gold, rhodium and black ruthenium or semiprecious chrysocolla or spiny oyster.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
• Already, the ruthenium data show that the Chicxulub impactor was probably not a comet, contrary to previous suggestions.
  — Byadam Mann, science.org, 15 Aug. 2024
• Finnish authorities also reportedly detected small levels of cobalt, ruthenium and cesium in mid-June.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2020
• Today in Science, researchers report measuring trace amounts of ruthenium metal in geological layers around the world that mark debris from the impact.
  — Byadam Mann, science.org, 15 Aug. 2024
• In simulations, buried ruthenium power rails led to 31 percent faster reads and 340-millivolt lower write voltages.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2019
• There are a series of unstable, radioactive ruthenium isotopes believed to have a triaxial shape, similar to an almond or coffee bean, according to a press release.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Feb. 2026
• The team recently detected trace amounts of the precious metal ruthenium while analyzing volcanic rock samples collected across the islands of Hawai’i.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
• Combining a small amount of hydrogen brought from Earth with martian atmospheric carbon dioxide in the presence of a nickel or ruthenium catalyst would yield methane and water.
  — David S. F. Portree, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2012