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Introduction:

Nitrogen Oxide is a major pollutant present in the exhaust gases from the automobiles and a cause of major concern to environmentalists. Conversion of NO to gases like N₂ is currently a hot topic of research. Cu ions exchanged into zeolites like ZSM-5 show high catalytic activity for the decomposition or selective reduction of NO to N₂. Unfortunately, very little is known about the mechanism by which this conversion takes place. Hence, we have begun our work by developing a gas flow model to predict the changes in gas composition along the catalyst bed for the direct decomposition of NO using the reaction mechanism proposed. Subsequently, we would determine the reaction mechanism for the selective reduction of NO with NH₃.

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