Catalytic converters:
$I.$ These are fitted into automobiles for reducing emission of poisonous gases like $NO_x$ and $CO$.
$II.$ They have expensive metals like platinum,palladium,and rhodium as catalysts.
$III.$ As the exhaust emission passes through the catalytic converter,nitric oxide splits into nitrogen and oxygen; carbon monoxide is oxidized to carbon dioxide,and unburnt hydrocarbons are burnt completely into $CO_2$ and $H_2O$.
$IV.$ Motor vehicles fitted with catalytic converters should use unleaded petrol because lead in the petrol inactivates the catalyst.
Which of the statements given above are correct about catalytic converters?

  • A
    $I, II$ and $III$
  • B
    $II, III$ and $IV$
  • C
    $I, III$ and $IV$
  • D
    $I, II, III$ and $IV$

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