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Catalytic Converter: Description and Operation

The three way catalytic converters are integral to the dual converter Y pipe and:
- play a major role in the emission control system in order to reduce air pollutants.
- work as a gas reactor.
- catalyst material inside the three way catalytic converter is made of a ceramic substrate that is coated with a high surface area alumina and impregnated with catalytically active platinum' palladium or rhodium.
- the surface of the catalyst material plays a major role in the heat producing chemical reaction.