Choosing Ruthenium As My Element

Ruthenium often called its symbol, Ru, which atomic number is 44 and the atomic mass is 101.07 u ± 0.02 u. This element is known to have 27 radioactive isotopes but 7 regular isotopes. Ruthenium is solid at room temperature and looks like a hard, silvery-white metal with a shiny surface ( See page 2 for picture. ).The 3 main types of subatomic particles are protons, neutrons, and electrons. To humans Ruthenium is highly toxic and carcinogenic, and shouldn’t be touched if came into contact with. Five fun facts about is one, Ruthenium was founded in 1844 by Karl Ernst Claus. Also, the metal is used as a hardener for palladium and platinum and Ruthenium is a member of the platinum group. And when pure Ruthenium alone can cost $1400 per 100g. Ruthenium is considered a rare metal and is very hard to find.
I honestly didn’t choose this element because of where it was on the periodic table. And I didn’t choose Ruthenium because it’s hard to find or really rare. I honestly choose it because I liked the shiny-ness it gave off. I like the way it looked black and white at the same time. This element interested me because of how it looked. Now that I picked the element I’m more interested in it besides the looks.

History on Ruthenium;
Ruthenium was discovered in 1844 by Karl Karlovich Klaus. There is a possibility that a chemist ,Jedrzej Sniadecki, had isolated ruthenium from some platinum ores rather earlier than this in 1807 but apparently as he withdrew his