Definition of Ruthenic

1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.

Definition of Ruthenic

1. Adjective. (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ruthenium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruthenic

1. pertaining to a rare, metallic element [adj]

Medical Definition of Ruthenic

1. Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruthenic

ruta-baga
rutabaga
rutabaga plant
rutabagas
rutaceous
rutamycin
rutate
rutates
ruth
ruthenacycle
ruthenacycles
ruthenarsenite
ruthenate
ruthenates
ruthenian
ruthenic (current term)
ruthenic acid
ruthenio-
ruthenious
rutheniridosmine
ruthenium
ruthenium compounds
ruthenium radioisotopes
ruthenium red
rutheniums
ruthenocuprate
ruthenocuprates
rutherford
rutherfordine
rutherfordium

Literary usage of Ruthenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"ruthenic Sulphate, Eu(S04)2, is obtained by dissolving the sulphide in nitric acid. The reddish-yellow solution leaves on evaporation a yellowish-brown ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"ruthenic Sulphate, Ru^O^ is obtained by dissolving the sulphide in nitric acid. The reddish-yellow solution leaves on evaporation a yellowish-brown ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"... more rapidly by hot cone., and still more rapidly by dil. HC1, H2SO4 and HNO3. SI. sol. in alcohol. (Biltz, B. 1907, 40. 978.) ruthenic acid. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"The per-ruthenic acid collects in the receiver and condenses in the form of ... When the potassic solution of per- ruthenic acid is treated with alcohol, ..."

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