The Discoverers of the Ruthenium Isotopes

Abstract

Wombourne, West Midlands, UK Email: jwarblaster@yahoo.co.uk This review looks at the discovery and the discoverers of the thirty-eight known ruthenium isotopes with mass numbers from 87 to 124 found between 1931 and 2010. This is the sixth and fi nal review on the circumstances surrounding the discoveries of the isotopes of the six platinum group elements. The fi rst review on platinum isotopes was published in this Journal in October 2000 (1), the second on iridium isotopes in October 2003 (2), the third on osmium isotopes in October 2004 (3), the fourth on palladium isotopes in April 2006 (4) and the fi fth on rhodium isotopes in April 2011 (5). An update on the new isotopes of palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum discovered since the previous reviews in this series is also included.