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1. Catalysis for automotive pollution control
1.1 General principles of automotive catalysis
Combustion engines are a source of air pollution and emit :
unburned hydrocarbons ;
oxides of carbon, sulfur and nitrogen;
solid particles of carbonaceous residue (soot).
The proportion of these gaseous pollutants varies according to the type of engine (petrol or diesel), engine speed and the composition of the fossil fuel. They are partially or totally eliminated before being released into the atmosphere by reacting exhaust gases with a catalytic converter in the exhaust pipe.
The catalysts used to eliminate pollutants consist of one or more metals (Pt platinum, for...
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Bibliography
Websites
Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, the French specialist in catalytic infrared spectroscopy http://www-lcs.ensicaen.fr
AABSPEC, manufacturer of operando cells http://www.aabspec.com/
Diesel engine emission standards worldwide...
Events
International Congress on Operando Spectroscopy, every three years https://indico.psi.ch/event/8358/
Spectrocat, every two or three years in Caen. Thematic training school on vibrational spectroscopy in catalysis: http://www-lcs.ensicaen.fr
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