AMMONIUM HEXACHLORORUTHENATE(IV)

Chemical Properties

DARK BROWN POWDER

Uses

Ammonium hexachlororuthenate(IV)?is used in laboratory chemicals and manufacture of other substances. Ammonium hexachlororuthenate (ACR) is a salt precipitated during a substitution reaction between ammonium and ruthenate dissolved in a strong hydrochloric acid medium. This precipitation reaction is used within the platinum industry as a means of recovering and purifying ruthenium.

Definition

ChEBI: Ammonium hexachlororuthenate is a salt comprising separate ammonium cations and octahedral [RuCl6](2-) anions. It contains a hexachlororuthenate(2-).