Catalytic converter. Molecular graphic showing how a catalytic converter converts pollutants into harmless gases. The yellow framework is a lattice of copper atoms - the catalyst. Atoms of the poll- utant gases carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) are shown adsorbed onto the copper surface (oxygen = red; carbon = green; nitrogen = blue). The reaction produces the harmless gases nitrogen (N2,upper right) and carbon dioxide (CO2,upper left). The blue and white zones show molecular orbitals involved in breaking apart a nitric oxide molecule over a cluster of 10 copper atoms (brown) | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Biosym Technologies |
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