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Ruthenium

CAS 7440-18-8

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

57572-01-7 · 100041-48-3

Ruthenium chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Ruthenium in plain language

What it is

Also known as Ruthenium metal · 44Ru · 7440-18-8(powder) · Iridrhodruthenium · Ru · Ruthenium 5% on Carbon (wetted with ca. 50% Water)

Show all 18 names

Ruthenium 5% on carbon · Ruthenium Standard: Ru @ 1000 microg/mL in 20% HCl · Ruthenium alumina · Ruthenium black · Ruthenium element · Ruthenium on alumina · Ruthenium on carbon · Ruthenium powder, -325 mesh · Ruthenium-101 metal · UNII-7UI0TKC3U5 · rutenio · ruthenium atom

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Ruthenium yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Ruthenium appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Laboratory supplies.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Laboratory supplies.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 9 active drug products and 10 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 9 active drug products and 10 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Ruthenium yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-02-27

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2027-11-18

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Ruthenium in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

10

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Ruthenium; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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