Ruthenium yana daya daga cikin abubuwan da ake kira platinum.Mafi mahimmancin amfani da shi shine yin catalysts.Platinum-ruthenium catalysts za a iya amfani da su don kunna methanol man fetur da rage carbon dioxide;Za a iya amfani da masu kara kuzari don halayen metathesis olefin.Bugu da ƙari, ana iya amfani da mahadi na ruthenium don ƙera masu tsayayyar fim mai kauri da kuma azaman masu ɗaukar haske a cikin ƙwayoyin hasken rana mai fenti.

Ruthenium wani nau'i ne na ƙarfe mai daraja tare da ingantaccen aikin motsa jiki kuma ana amfani dashi a cikin halayen da yawa, kamar halayen hydrogenation da halayen iskar oxygenation na catalytic.Bugu da ƙari ga halayen ruthenium, nano-ruthenium wayoyi suna da halaye na nano-materials da kuma mafi girman aikin "wayoyin quantum".