Performance study of 48 road-aged commercial three way catalytic converters

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 255-273

  Zhao, Dongmei ^a   Chan, Albert ^a   Ljungström, Evert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commercial TWC; Deactivation; On road aging; Poisoning; Sintering; Surface characterization

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROPYLENE; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COMMERCIAL TWC; DEACTIVATION; ON ROAD AGING; POISONING;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS;

CALCIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; LEAD; METAL; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROPYLENE; SULFUR;

VEHICLE COMPONENT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTOXICATION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 29844443684     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-2202-4     Document Type: Article

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