Platinum in Automotive Catalytic Converters
How PGMs support conversion of harmful exhaust constituents into less harmful products.
Automotive and industrial catalyst roles, oxidation, aging, monitoring and catalytic-converter recycling.
How PGMs support conversion of harmful exhaust constituents into less harmful products.
High-level oxidation of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and selected process gases.
Platinum-group catalyst roles in diesel exhaust aftertreatment.
How platinum-group metals work within gasoline-engine exhaust control systems.
How catalysts can lower the temperature needed to oxidize selected volatile organic compounds.
Thermal aging, contamination and physical loss as reasons catalyst performance can decline.
Why exhaust catalysts become much more effective after reaching a sufficient operating temperature.
Catalytic systems beyond vehicles for selected gas-treatment applications.
Use conversion, temperature, pressure-drop and emissions data to evaluate system condition conceptually.
Why used converters are an important secondary source of platinum-group metals.