Automakers Introduce the Catalytic Converter
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Automobiles, Cars, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1974
Article abstract: The U.S. automobile industry introduced the catalytic converter, a device that uses chemical reactions to decrease air pollution from automobile exhaust gases.
Summary of Event
In 1974, the General Motors Corporation announced the development of the catalytic converter, invented by engineer Richard Klimisch. The device dramatically reduces carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and hydrocarbon emissions from automobile engines.
The impetus for the development of the catalytic converter was the Clean Air Act of 1970. President Richard...
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