Operation of platinum-palladium catalysts with leaded gasoline

Environ Health Perspect. 1975 Apr:10:113-6. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7510113.

Abstract

The effect of various fuel additives on the ability of platinum-palladium catalytic converters to remove the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon components of automotive exhaust has been examined. Engine dynamometer studies suggest that these catalysts may be successfully used in conjunction with fuels of relatively high tetraethyllead concentrations, provided the ethylene dibromide portion of the scavenger is excluded.

MeSH terms

  • Automobiles / standards*
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Catalysis
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Gasoline*
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Palladium*
  • Petroleum*
  • Platinum*
  • Tetraethyl Lead*
  • Vehicle Emissions / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Gasoline
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Petroleum
  • Vehicle Emissions
  • Tetraethyl Lead
  • Platinum
  • Palladium
  • Carbon Monoxide