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September 15, 2013

How the newest diesel engines emit very little greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
Richland WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2013
The newest catalytic converters in diesel engines blast away a pollutant from combustion with the help of ammonia. Common in European cars, the engines exhaust harmless nitrogen and water. How they do this hasn't been entirely clear. Now, new research shows that the catalyst attacks its target pollutant in an unusual way, providing insight into how to make the best catalytic converters. Reporting in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a team of researchers in the Institute for Int ... read more

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