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Ruthenium(III) chloride

anhydrous, powder, 99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Ruthenium chloride, Ruthenium trichloride, Trichlororuthenium

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Linear Formula:
RuCl3
CAS Number:
10049-08-8
Molecular Weight:
207.43
MDL number:
MFCD00011208
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21

Quality Level

100

Assay

40-50% Ru basis (gravimetric)
99.99% trace metals basis

form

powder

specific gravity measuring range

6.97 g/mL

impurities

≤150 ppm (trace metals analysis)

color

dark gray to black

pH

1-2

solubility

water: soluble

density

3.11 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[Ru](Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/3ClH.Ru/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

InChI key

YBCAZPLXEGKKFM-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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General description

Ruthenium chloride is a dark brown or black solid often used as a powder. It is slightly soluble in organic solvents. Typically, ruthenium metal powder and chlorine are heated to create anhydrous ruthenium(III) chloride.

Application

Ruthenium chloride is most used as a precursor for the synthesis of ruthenium complexes. One common application of ruthenium trichloride is in the synthesis of ruthenium nanoparticles, which are used as catalysts or composited with other materials and used as co-catalysts for both oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions Researchers have used our ruthenium chloride to produce high-quality, catalytically active ruthenium nanoparticles and ruthenium oxide nanoparticles. In addition, common application of ruthenium chloride anhydrous is as a precursor for single-atom catalysts. For example, scientists have used ruthenium chloride for the synthesis of ruthenium single-atom-doped ZrO2 particles to catalyze nitrogen fixation and for the synthesis of ruthenium single-atom-doped MXenes to catalyze hydrogen evolution. A third common application of ruthenium chloride hydrate is in the synthesis of metal alloys, like PtRuIr, or PtRuFe, which are investigated for electrocatalysis, usually the oxidation of simple organics like methanol or formic acid.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H302,H314,H411

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction
Tao H, et al.
Chem, 5, 204-214 (2019)
Tailoring the composition of ultrathin, ternary alloy PtRuFe nanowires for the methanol oxidation reaction and formic acid oxidation reaction
Scofield M E, et al.
Energy & Environmental Science, 8, 350-363 (2015)
Vinoth Ramalingam et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 31(48), e1903841-e1903841 (2019-10-18)
A titanium carbide (Ti3 C2 Tx ) MXene is employed as an efficient solid support to host a nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) coordinated ruthenium single atom (RuSA ) catalyst, which displays superior activity toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).
Javeed Mahmood et al.
Nature nanotechnology, 12(5), 441-446 (2017-02-14)
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a crucial step in electrochemical water splitting and demands an efficient, durable and cheap catalyst if it is to succeed in real applications. For an energy-efficient HER, a catalyst must be able to trigger
Youngmin Lee et al.
The journal of physical chemistry letters, 3(3), 399-404 (2012-02-02)
The activities of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on iridium-oxide- and ruthenium-oxide-based catalysts are among the highest known to date. However, the OER activities of thermodynamically stable rutile iridium oxide (r-IrO2) and rutile iridium oxide (r-RuO2), normalized to catalyst mass
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