Ruthenium bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị dị na platinum.Ojiji kacha mkpa bụ ime ka ndị na-eme ihe.Enwere ike iji platinum-ruthenium catalysts mee ka mkpụrụ ndụ mmanụ methanol na mbelata carbon dioxide;Enwere ike iji ihe na-akpali akpali maka mmeghachi omume olefin metathesis.Na mgbakwunye, a nwekwara ike iji ogige ruthenium rụpụta ihe mgbochi ihe nkiri siri ike yana dị ka ndị na-etinye ọkụ n'ime sel anwụ nwere agba agba.

Ruthenium bụ ụdị ọla mara mma nke nwere arụmọrụ catalytic dị elu ma jiri ya mee ihe n'ọtụtụ mmeghachi omume, dị ka mmeghachi omume hydrogenation na mmeghachi omume oxidation catalytic.Na mgbakwunye na njirimara nke ruthenium, nano-ruthenium wires nwere njirimara nke nano-materials na arụmọrụ dị elu nke "quantum wires".