auto-catalytic process
1Catalytic converter — A catalytic converter (colloquially, cat or catcon ) is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine. First widely introduced on series production automobiles in the US market for the 1975 model year to… …
2Corrosion — v · d · e Materials failure modes Buckling · …
3Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
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5Calendar of 1997 — ▪ 1998 JANUARY JANUARY 1 Ghanaian Kofi Annan replaces Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali in the position of United Nations secretary general. Among those knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the annual New Year s Day ceremony is pop musician …
6Nitrogen — carbon ← nitrogen → oxygen ↑ N ↓ P …
7Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …
8Liesegang rings — are a phenomenon seen in many, if not most, chemical systems undergoing a precipitation reaction, under certain conditions of concentration and in the absence of convection. HistoryThe phenomenon was first noted over one hundred years ago (in… …
9Croonian Lecture — The Croonian Lectures are prestigious lectureships given at the invitation of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians.[citation needed] Among the papers of William Croone at his death in 1684, was a plan to endow one lectureship at… …
10Electroless nickel plating — Electroless nickel plating, or EN , is an electroplating technique used to deposit a layer of nickel phosphorous alloy on a solid work piece, such as metals or plastic. The alloys with different percentage of phosphorus, ranging from 2 5 (low… …
