Catalytic destruction of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) with a Pt/Rh monolithic automotive exhaust catalyst

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 93-105

  Fields, D L ^a,b   Lim, P K ^a   Roberts, G W ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,2,4 Trimethyl pentane; 2 Methyl 1 propene; Automotive catalyst; Methanol; Methyl tertiary butyl ether; Monolith; Platinum; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ETHERS; METHANOL; OXIDATION; PARAFFINS; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS; RHODIUM; WATER;

AUTOMOTIVE CATALYSTS; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; OCTANE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032518782     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-3373(97)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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