Question

How do automobiles fitted with catalytic converters reduce air pollution? Suggest the best fuel for such vehicles.

Answer 1

The catalytic converters have expensive metals such as palladium, rhodium and platinum as a catalytic and as exhaust emission passes through the catalytic converter, unburnt hydrocarbons are converted into carbon-dioxide and water, while nitric-oxide and carbon mono-oxide are changed to nitrogen gas and carbon-dioxide.

Petrol is the best fuel for automobiles fitted with catalytic converters to reduce air pollution.