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Platinum Group Metal Recovery from Spent Catalytic Converters Using XRF
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As precious metals prices soar, Minnesota becomes hot spot for catalytic converter thefts
mprnews.org/story/2021/03/16/as-precious-metals-prices-soar-minnesota-becomes-a-hotspot-for-catalytic-converter-thefts
Hydrogen peroxide reduction on single platinum nanoparticles
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/sc/d0sc00379d
Effects of Platinum Electrode on Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide Formation in Aqueous Phase Pulsed Corona Electrical Discharge
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie0511480
Electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen peroxide at platinum electrodes. Part 1. An adsorption-controlled mechanism
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013468697001254
A precious metal that costs 15 times the price of gold is driving a surge in thefts of catalytic converters
washingtonpost.com/world/africa/catalytic-converter-theft-south-africa-rhodium/2021/03/03/dc288192-777d-11eb-9489-8f7dacd51e75_story.html
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Catalytic converter theft is on the rise, and that’s partly because of their chemistry.
You might also like:
How Did Climate Change Help Turn the Sky Orange?:
youtu.be/foeLC08-nrk
Space Mirrors and Other Weird Ways to Fight Climate Change
youtube.com/watch?v=9agoVDFJs8A
The Chemical Origins of Life:
youtu.be/f44OWlsLeT0
Testing the Best Bomb Detectors:
youtu.be/TRwqOFHOjac
How Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Work?:
youtu.be/zUlbHMDCosI
Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producers:
Andrew Sobey
Elaine Seward
Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD
Scientific consultants:
Deborah Aruguete, PhD
Leila Duman, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Luis Ricardez Sandoval, PhD
Sources:
History of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States
epa.gov/transportation-air-pollution-and-climate-change/accomplishments-and-success-air-pollution-transportation
How smog affects health
epa.ohio.gov/dapc/echeck/whyecheck/healthef
Current scenario of CNG vehicular pollution and their possible abatement technologies: an overview
link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-020-10361-7
Libre texts: Catalytic converters
chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Kinetics/07%3A_Case_Studies-_Kinetics/7.01%3A_Catalytic_Converters
Platinum Group Metal Recovery from Spent Catalytic Converters Using XRF
thermofisher.com/blog/metals/platinum-group-metal-recovery-from-spent-catalytic-converters-using-xrf
Washington University catalytic converters lab tutorial
http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/CourseTutorials/Tutorials/AirQuality/CatalyticConverter.htm
BBC Bitesize
bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqd2mp3/revision/6
Thieves Nationwide Are Slithering Under Cars, Swiping Catalytic Converters
nytimes.com/2021/02/09/climate/catalytic-converter-theft.html
As precious metals prices soar, Minnesota becomes hot spot for catalytic converter thefts
mprnews.org/story/2021/03/16/as-precious-metals-prices-soar-minnesota-becomes-a-hotspot-for-catalytic-converter-thefts
Hydrogen peroxide reduction on single platinum nanoparticles
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/sc/d0sc00379d
Effects of Platinum Electrode on Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Peroxide Formation in Aqueous Phase Pulsed Corona Electrical Discharge
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie0511480
Electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen peroxide at platinum electrodes. Part 1. An adsorption-controlled mechanism
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013468697001254
A precious metal that costs 15 times the price of gold is driving a surge in thefts of catalytic converters
washingtonpost.com/world/africa/catalytic-converter-theft-south-africa-rhodium/2021/03/03/dc288192-777d-11eb-9489-8f7dacd51e75_story.html
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