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Catalytic Converters: Reducing Vehicle Emissions
Explain how platinum and rhodium catalysts in car exhausts convert CO, NOx, and unburnt hydrocarbons into CO2, N2, and H2O.

Explain how platinum and rhodium catalysts in car exhausts convert CO, NOx, and unburnt hydrocarbons into CO2, N2, and H2O.
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10th Grade · Science · UK GCSE
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Identify major atmospheric pollutants formed during combustion of fuels, their environmental hazards, and pollution abatement methods.
describe the major sources of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and particulates in the atmosphere and explain the problems caused by increased amounts of these substances