Precious material of grayish color, used in metallurgy, with atomic component number 44, located in group 8 of the periodic table, it is identified with the symbol Ru for the area that was located in Russia, called Ruthenum in the Ural Mountains.
In the year 1844, the chemical naturalist Karl Ernst managed to isolate it, as it is melted with other minerals it helps to harden them and thus giving them a greater utility, the process is very complex but a powdered ruthenium is obtained, which only a specialist It must be handled as it is highly toxic producing a variety of cancer and skin spots, it is very complex and not easy to find, but due to its volatile properties it is used in nuclear weapons.
It is not easy to find, since there are few minerals that have it, but one of them is platinum and they are generally together, so when they are separated they take advantage of the components of each one. One of its combinations with platinum is in jewelry, silver as ornaments or electrical coatings. In oil refineries the possibility of using it in oil refining is already being considered.
Having the fourth place of the ten most valuable metals, being the most used in jewelry for its brightness and durability, following in the footsteps of the first three that are Rhodium, Platinum and Gold. Ruthenium is located from Canada, several places on the continent American and Russian, averaging sales of $ 13,548 per kilogram. And this only in the year 2.009, reaching a considerable increase for 2.014.
