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Catalytic converters are fitted into automobiles to reduce emission of harmful gases. Catalytic convertes change unburnt hydrocarbons into

A

carbon dioxide and water

B

carbon mono oxide

C

methane

D

carbon dioxide and methane

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Catalytic converters contain costly metals like rhodium and platinum - palladium as catalysts , and when exhaust gas passes to fitted catalytic converter, the unburnt hydrocarbons (cause of cancer) are oxidised into water and carbon dioxide.
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