Catalytic Converter Analysis

Car Catalyst Recycling

Handheld XRF Analysers provide excellent performance when measuring precious metals in catalytic converters. Combustion engine automobiles are equipped with catalytic converters that help reduce harmful emissions such as carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). Certain chemical reactions in the converter transform the harmful substances into carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O) and nitrogen (N). To optimize and speed up these reactions, catalyst elements, such as the three platinum group metals (PGM) platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and rhodium (Rh), are used in the converters. Because of the value of these metals, they are recycled.

Car Catalyst Recycling

Automotive Catalysts

The VANTA handheld XRF analysers provide convenient, on-the-spot measurements of automotive catalysts with high precision and accuracy for:

• Rapid identification of worthless monoliths (unloaded or washed-out).
• Fast sorting of catalyst converters of different value levels.
• To recover the precious metals Pt, Rh, and Pd.
• Precise PGM concentration in minutes for price calculation.

Our handheld XRF analysers also provide high-quality results for additional catalyst metals such as titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), strontium (Sr), zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), selenium (Se), and cerium (Ce).