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Catalyst's effects on emissions
Posted to the Waveform Library on 5/22/2001

Left side is rich. Right side is lean. Notice how NOx increases dramatically as CO bottoms and O2 rises. A bit of CO helps deplete the cat of oxygen as it is oxidized into CO2. Also notice how CO2 formation peaks as CO and HC's bottom. This is max oxidation. H...