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Further digging turned up the book "A Standard Catalog of Chevrolet, 1912-2003: 90 Years of History, Photos, Technical Data and Pricing" written by John Gunnell. It documents the fitting of converters to the 1974 Chevrolet Camaro, but does not give any reason for why the converters were fitted on year before the regulations would have required them. This book was published in November 2011, after our original discussion, and indicates that the converter was fitted to all Camaro models, with all engines. The book is available on [http://books.google.ca/books?id=3IkU1UjnG6QC&lpg=PA171&dq=camaro%201974%20catalytic%20converter&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=camaro%201974%20catalytic%20converter&f=false| Google Books]. An earlier book by the same writer, the 2004 Camaro White Book states that the [http://books.google.ca/books?id=fc3fxaZ4IGUC&lpg=PA128&vq=catalytic%20converter&dq=camaro%201974%20catalytic%20converter&pg=PA128#v=snippet&q=catalytic%20converter&f=false| catalytic converters where first fitted to the 1975 model year]. It appears that the writer has been doing more research. It's hard to be certain, but it looks like the "90 Years of History" book may have been done with General Motors assistance. [[User:UrbanTerrorist|UrbanTerrorist]] ([[User talk:UrbanTerrorist|talk]]) 04:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC) |
Further digging turned up the book "A Standard Catalog of Chevrolet, 1912-2003: 90 Years of History, Photos, Technical Data and Pricing" written by John Gunnell. It documents the fitting of converters to the 1974 Chevrolet Camaro, but does not give any reason for why the converters were fitted on year before the regulations would have required them. This book was published in November 2011, after our original discussion, and indicates that the converter was fitted to all Camaro models, with all engines. The book is available on [http://books.google.ca/books?id=3IkU1UjnG6QC&lpg=PA171&dq=camaro%201974%20catalytic%20converter&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=camaro%201974%20catalytic%20converter&f=false| Google Books]. An earlier book by the same writer, the 2004 Camaro White Book states that the [http://books.google.ca/books?id=fc3fxaZ4IGUC&lpg=PA128&vq=catalytic%20converter&dq=camaro%201974%20catalytic%20converter&pg=PA128#v=snippet&q=catalytic%20converter&f=false| catalytic converters where first fitted to the 1975 model year]. It appears that the writer has been doing more research. It's hard to be certain, but it looks like the "90 Years of History" book may have been done with General Motors assistance. [[User:UrbanTerrorist|UrbanTerrorist]] ([[User talk:UrbanTerrorist|talk]]) 04:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC) |
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I recall reading somewhere that some of the modern sealed [[automotive battery!automotive batteries]] contain a platinum coated wire that converts H2 and O2 gases (a result of overcharging a lead-acid battery) back to water vapor. Is this true? This suggests another catalytic reaction that is not indicated in the article. Someone with expertise - please verify and update article accordingly. --[[Special:Contributions/96.244.244.244|96.244.244.244]] ([[User talk:96.244.244.244|talk]]) 01:53, 9 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Bead-type converters
This article presently lacks any discussion or image of the bead (or pellet) catalytic converter configuration as used on GM (and possibly AMC) vehicles from 1975 through much later than one would think. This is a fairly serious omission; let's have some omission control. —Scheinwerfermann T·C03:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
- I might be able to dig up some free images, I know some people who may be willing to make a donation :) But it may take a while, I'm in the middle of moving. UrbanTerrorist (talk) 04:33, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
add diagram
Please add a diagram (or make one) of the internal structure of a typical catalytic converter.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 14:00, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- Are you going to pay for me to do a CAD drawing? If you are, I'll happily do one. If you just want to look, you can see a basic drawing here. UrbanTerrorist (talk) 04:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
First Standard Fit of Catalytic Converters to Production Automobiles
Further digging turned up the book "A Standard Catalog of Chevrolet, 1912-2003: 90 Years of History, Photos, Technical Data and Pricing" written by John Gunnell. It documents the fitting of converters to the 1974 Chevrolet Camaro, but does not give any reason for why the converters were fitted on year before the regulations would have required them. This book was published in November 2011, after our original discussion, and indicates that the converter was fitted to all Camaro models, with all engines. The book is available on Google Books. An earlier book by the same writer, the 2004 Camaro White Book states that the catalytic converters where first fitted to the 1975 model year. It appears that the writer has been doing more research. It's hard to be certain, but it looks like the "90 Years of History" book may have been done with General Motors assistance. UrbanTerrorist (talk) 04:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Platinum in car batteries?
I recall reading somewhere that some of the modern sealed automotive battery!automotive batteries contain a platinum coated wire that converts H2 and O2 gases (a result of overcharging a lead-acid battery) back to water vapor. Is this true? This suggests another catalytic reaction that is not indicated in the article. Someone with expertise - please verify and update article accordingly. --96.244.244.244 (talk) 01:53, 9 August 2012 (UTC)