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Gold Catalysis (short length version)

Reference

2814

Duration

00:03:00

Production year

2011

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Director(s)

Hervé COLOMBANI

Summary

A way of reducing polltion is the use of nanoparticles of gold in catalytic converters.
The carbon monoxyde is completekly oxidized by the gold.

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CNRS Institute(s)

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