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Sources:
History of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States
https://www.epa.gov/transportation-ai...

How smog affects health
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Current scenario of CNG vehicular pollution and their possible abatement technologies: an overview
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Libre texts: Catalytic converters
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelv...

Platinum Group Metal Recovery from Spent Catalytic Converters Using XRF
https://www.thermofisher.com/blog/met...

Washington University catalytic converters lab tutorial
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BBC Bitesize
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As precious metals prices soar, Minnesota becomes hot spot for catalytic converter thefts
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Hydrogen peroxide reduction on single platinum nanoparticles
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Effects of Platinum Electrode on Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide Formation in Aqueous Phase Pulsed Corona Electrical Discharge
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Electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen peroxide at platinum electrodes. Part 1. An adsorption-controlled mechanism
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A precious metal that costs 15 times the price of gold is driving a surge in thefts of catalytic converters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...

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