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Innovation Case Study in Chemical Manufacturing

#19: American Elements Assists Toyota in Development of Low Platinum Catalytic Converter

The Challenge

Every vehicle on U.S. highways today is required under federal law to have a catalytic converter to remove polluting NOX and SOX emissions prior to exhaust. The process requires metals with catalytic properties, and the most common of these are the Platinum Group Metals (PGM), which are expensive. Toyota established a program in 2007 to find ways to reduce the use of platinum, palladium and rhodium in its catalytic converters.

The Innovation

Working with catalyst producers in the U.S. and Japan, American Elements provided various grades of several metals for testing and assisted in optimizing promising forms, working with automotive testing labs on in situ 1,000 hour emissions testing.

The Result

A new class of catalytic converter coating materials was developed requiring lower amounts of palladium and platinum, substituting a portion of the PGMs with lower cost cerium metal in the final formulation.
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(5N) 99.999% Boron Oxide (5N) 99.999% Yttrium Oxide 3% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Aluminum Acetylacetonate
Aluminum Copper Alloy Aluminum Fluoride Aluminum Nitrate Hydrate Aluminum Nitrate Nonahydrate
Aluminum Nitrate Solution Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Aluminum Shot Aluminum Titanate
Aluminum Zirconium Alloy Ammonium Biborate Tetrahydrate Ammonium Dimolybdate Ammonium Molybdate
Ammonium Pentaborate Octahydrate Ammonium Pentaborate Tetrahydrate Antimony Powder Antimony(III) Oxide
Bis(2-phenylbenzothiazolato)(acetylacetonate)iridium(III) Bis(8-quinolinolato)copper(II) Bismuth Powder Bismuth Sulfide
Boric Acid Boron Carbide Nanoparticles Boron Nitride Micropowder Boron Nitride Nanoparticle Dispersion
Boron Nitride Nanoparticles Boron Nitride Paste Boron Nitride Powder Boron Nitride Ultrafine Powder
Boron Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Boron Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Boron Phosphate Boron Powder
Boron Trichloride Dimethyloctylamine Complex Calcia Stabilized Zirconia Calcia Stabilized Zirconia Sputtering Target Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticle Dispersion Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles Calcium Carbonate Sputtering Target Calcium Cyclohexanebutyrate
Calcium Fluoride Calcium Lactobionate Monohydrate Calcium Oxide Calcium Oxide Powder
Cerium Nitrate Cerium(III) 2-Ethylhexanoate Cesium Fluoride Cesium Formate Solution
Cesium Sulfate Solution Chloro(1-naphthyl)bis(triphenylphosphine)nickel(II) Chromium Crystallite Pieces Chromium Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder
Chromium Pieces Chromium(III) Chloride Hexahydrate Chromium(III) Chloride Solution Cobalt Nitrate Hexahydrate
Cobalt(II) Acetate Tetrahydrate Cobalt(III) Acetylacetonate Copper Carbonate Copper Nanoparticle Dispersion
Copper Nanoparticles Copper Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Copper Powder Copper(I) Chloride
Copper(II) Acetylacetonate Copper(II) Chloride Copper(II) Nitrate Trihydrate Dirhodium Tetracaprolactamate
Gallium Arsenide Sputtering Target Gold Acetate Solution Gold Nanoparticles on Carbon Black Gold Nanoparticles on Titania
Hafnium Oxide Pieces Hafnium Oxide Powder Hastelloy X Alloy Hexafluorotitanic Acid Solution
Indium Nitrate Hydrate Indium Powder Indium(III) Nitrate Pentahydrate Indium(III) Nitrate Trihydrate
Iodomethane Iridium on Alumina Iridium on Calcium Carbonate Iridium on Carbon
Iron Carbide Iron Carbonate Iron Metal Powder Iron Nanoparticle Dispersion
Iron Nanoparticles Iron(III) Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Iron(III) Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Iron(III) Oxide Nanowires
Lanthanum Acetylacetonate Lanthanum Bromide Lead Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Lead Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder
Lithium Acetylacetonate Lithium Borate Lithium Borate Sputtering Target Lithium Hydride
Lithium Tetraborate Hydrate Lithium Tetraborate Pentahydrate Lutetium Acetate Solution Magnesium Acetate Anhydrous
Magnesium Acetate Tetrahydrate Magnesium Ethoxide Magnesium Fluoride Magnesium Metal
Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Magnesium Oxide Powder Magnesium Shot
Magnesium Sulfate Magnesium Wire Manganese Carbonate Manganese Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion
Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Mercury Liquid Molybdenum Nanoparticle Dispersion Molybdenum Nanoparticles
Molybdenum Sheet Nickel Carbonyl Nickel Chromium Iron Molybdenum Alloy Nickel Nanoparticle Dispersion
Nickel Nanoparticles Nickel Powder Nickel Silicide Nickel Sulfate
Nickel Sulfate Anhydrous Nickel(II) Carbonate Basic Nickel(II) Chloride Paraxylene
PEPPSI-IPent Catalyst PEPPSI-IPr Catalyst PEPPSI-SIPr Catalyst Phosphorus Pentoxide
Phosphorus(III) Chloride Phosphorus(V) Chloride Potassium 2-Ethylhexanoate Potassium Nitrate
Potassium Perruthenate(VII) Pyrolytic Graphite Pyrolytic Graphite Sputtering Target Ruthenium Acetylacetonate
Ruthenium on Activated Charcoal Catalyst Ruthenium(VIII) Oxide Silicon Carbide Nanoparticle Dispersion Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles
Silicon Sulfide Silicon Sulfide Sputtering Target Silver Benzoate Silver Copper Alloy
Silver Nickel Silver Oxalate Silver Permanganate Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate
Sodium Phosphate Dibasic Dihydrate Strontium Ferrite Strontium Ferrite Sputtering Target Tantalum Nitride
Tantalum Oxide Powder Telluric Acid Telluric Acid Dihydrate Tetracobalt Dodecacarbonyl
Tetraphenylgermane Tin(II) 2-Ethylhexanoate Tin(II) 2-Ethylhexanoate Diisopropoxide Tin(IV) Isopropoxide
Tin(IV) Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Tin(IV) Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Tin(IV) Selenide Sputtering Target Titanium(IV) Carbide
Titanium(IV) Ethoxide Triethoxyvinylsilane Triisopropylantimony Tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I) Chloride
Vinylmagnesium Bromide Solution Vinylmagnesium Chloride Solution Vitreous Carbon Sponge Yttrium Nitrate
Yttrium Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Yttrium Oxide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Yttrium Oxide Powder Yttrium Powder
Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia Granule Yttrium(III) Nitrate Hydrate Zinc Isopropoxide Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate
Zinc Nitrate Tetrahydrate Zinc Oxide Powder Zinc Phosphide Zirconium Metal
Zirconium Oxide Zirconium Tungstate Zirconium Tungstate Sputtering Target