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Gold/Mining/Energy : Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)

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To: Ptaskmaster who wrote (244)	2/5/2000 8:22:00 PM
From: Aurum	Read Replies (2) of 529

Hi Ptask, I have checked and, yes, platinum, palladium and rhodium do perform different functions in an automotive exhaust catalyst. Rhodium is used because it deals with nitrogen oxides (NOX), whereas platinum and palladium deal with the hydrocarbons. I have found a very informative site which deals with these, and many other, PGM issues. See; europa.eu.int Regarding the matter of substitution, I would expect that experimental data is available for all sorts of catalyst mixes. But I don't think that it would be the technical side of things that would slow down substitution of, say rhodium, but rather the regulatory testing and regulatory process that will slow things down.

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