A polycrystalline silicon crushed lump has a surface metal concentration of 15.0 pptw or less, in which a copper concentration is 0.30 pptw or less in the surface metal concentration, and a total concentration of iron and zinc is 2.00 pptw or less in the surface metal concentration, and preferably an iron concentration is 1.25 pptw or less, and a zinc concentration is 0.75 pptw or less.

The present disclosure relates to a novel ruthenium oxide, a method of preparing the same, and a catalyst for selective hydrogenation of an aromatic compound or an unsaturated compound including the ruthenium oxide.