I-Ruthenium ingenye yezinto zeplatinamu. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo okubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza ama-catalysts. Ama-catalysts weplatinamu-ruthenium angasetshenziswa ukuncipha amaseli kaphethiloli we-methanol kanye nokwehliswa kwekhabhoni. Ama-Cabbs Catalysts angasetshenziselwa ukusabela kwe-Olefin Metathesis. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amakhompiyutha e-ruthenium nawo angasetshenziswa ukwenza ama-resistors awugqinsi abukhali nanjengezithasi ezikhanyayo zedayi - amangqamuzana elanga.

I-Ruthenium uhlobo lwensimbi enhle ngokusebenza okuphakeme kwe-caslytic futhi isetshenziswa ekuphendukeni okuningi, njengokuphendula kwe-hydrogenation kanye nokuphendula oxidation charytic. Ngaphezu kwezimfanelo ze-ruthenium, izintambo ze-nano-ruthenisium zinezici ze-nano-izinto zokwenziwa kanye nokusebenza okuphezulu kwe- "quantum izintambo".