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Research to improve the activity of the catalyst to deal with problems like cold start, involving model catalysts such as platinum on ceria
Research to improve the activity of the catalyst to deal with problems like cold start, involving model catalysts such as platinum on ceria
| Module code and title: | S342, Physical chemistry: principles of chemical change |
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| Item code: | S342; 02; 1996 |
| First transmission date: | 1996 |
| Published: | 1996 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | David Jackson |
| Contributors: | Eleanor Crabbe; Peter Meehan; Andrew Walker |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Motor industry; Smog; Three way catalyst |
| Subject terms: | Automobiles--Catalytic converters |
| Footage description: | Footage - Combustion of petrol in cylinder. Cars on road. Catalyst monolith (0'26"-1'26") - SEM catalyst. Graphic of catalyst (1'39"-1'59") - Computer animation of CO absorption. Graph of efficiency of catalyst (2'17"-2'59") - Johnson Matthey Laboratory (3'17"-3'34") - Graph of platinum-ceria catalyst (4'14"-5'55") - Temperature Programme Reductions (TPR). Graph of ceria on its own. TPR vdu result. Graph of superactive after pretreatment (6'06"-8'45") - Transient Kinetics. Computer animation of transient kinetics and graph. Computer animation of CO2 absorption (8'46"-10'09") - Computer animation of 'fresh sample' compared to 'superactive pretreated catalyst' & reabsorption of CO2 (10'22"-10'58") - Daresbury Laboratory. EXAFS. Storage ring (11'23"-14'22") - Computer animation of Daresbury layout. Synchotron (14'23"-15'22") - EXAFS experiment being set up in hutch (16'28"-16'45") - Graphic of EXAFS Spectrum (Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) (17'22"-18'04"). Computer animation of how EXAFS arise (18'05"-18'50") - Data analysis by computer. Oscillations. VDU with Fourier transform (18'51"-21'52") - Car production line (23'19"-23'39"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU8175 |
| Production number: | FOUS801F |
| Videofinder number: | 5073 |
| Available to public: | no |
