Precious Metals in Automotive Technology: An Unsolvable Depletion Problem?

Since the second half of the 20th century, various devices have been developed in order to reduce the emissions of harmful substances at the exhaust pipe of combustion engines. In the automotive field, the most diffuse and best known device of this kind is the “three way” catalytic converter for eng...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ugo Bardi, Stefano Caporali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/4/2/388