Resumen de Preparation and Use of a Room-Temperature Catalytic Converter

Gareth Wong, Bernard Mark, Xijia Chen, Toran Furch, K. A. Singmaster, Paul S. Wagenknecht

• A solid-state catalyst that effectively converts a CO/air mixture to CO2 at room temperature is readily prepared. The catalyst, which is composed of metallic gold on iron(III) oxide, is loaded into a simple flow cell to test its catalytic activity. Mixtures of CO and air are run through the catalyst and subsequently analyzed by gas-phase infrared spectroscopy to determine the effectiveness of the catalyst.