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Re: 'Pre' cats or 'Warm-up' cats
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 1/14/2010

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CO & HC oxidation is exothermic.

The N2 oxidation that occurs in the combustion chamber is endothermic but the NO & NO2 reduction that occurs in a 3-way catalyst is exothermic.

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