Diagram of a Car's Catalytic Converter System, 1974
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As auto companies were increasingly pressured to comply with more stringent government regulations, the catalytic converter emerged as a popular device that both improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. Noxious by-products of combustion passed from the engine through the catalytic converter, where chemical reactions converted the emissions to less toxic substances.
As auto companies were increasingly pressured to comply with more stringent government regulations, the catalytic converter emerged as a popular device that both improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. Noxious by-products of combustion passed from the engine through the catalytic converter, where chemical reactions converted the emissions to less toxic substances.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1974
Subject Date
22 August 1974
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.19069
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.125 in
Inscriptions
On front: CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM / Oldsmobile Public Relations / Lansing, Michigan 48921 / For Release August 22, 1974
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