Rodinium (also spelled rhodinium, abbreviated Ro) was a chemical element, a transuranic metal. Rodinium was element number 125 on the periodic table. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)

Contents 1 Uses 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

UsesEdit

As one of the hardest materials known, rodinium was often used in the construction of starships, space stations and other structures, both within the Federation and in the Cardassian Union, such as in the Earth Outpost Stations and the Bok'Nor-class freighters. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror"; DS9 episode: "The Maquis, Part I"; DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky) The docking pylons and crossover bridges of Nor-class stations such as Terok Nor/Deep Space 9 were manufactured from 70% rodinium. (DS9 reference: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual)

Rodinium was also used in the Cardassian disruptor as part of a collar that reinforced the emitter crystal. (DS9 reference: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual)

HistoryEdit

The Curved Rodinium Culture was a name given by archaeologists to an Orion Empire that dominated most of the Orion Arm around 23,000 years before modern times. (Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook)

Historically, this element was discovered by inhabitants of Vega IX, whose achievements were later researched by the Federation. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)

In the mid-23rd century, cast rodinium was among the hardest materials known to Federation science. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror")

During her training in the Obsidian Order, Iliana Ghemor had to quickly assemble a disruptor from a variety of parts given to her. She managed to assemble it, including its rodinium collar, in record time. (DS9 novel: Fearful Symmetry)

See alsoEdit

• Rodinium boronate
• Rodinium dicorferite
• Rodinium excelinate
• Rodinium monocrystal
• Rodinium pentacarbide

External linksEdit

• Rodinium article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.