catalytic converter

English

Noun

catalytic converter (plural catalytic converters)

(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.

Synonyms

catalyser

Translations

a chamber which oxidises carbon dioxide from exhaust gases

Czech: katalyzátor m
Estonian: katalüüsneutralisaator
Finnish: katalysaattori (fi)
French: pot catalytique (fr) m
German: Katalysator (de) m
Greek: καταλύτης (el) m (katalýtis)
Hungarian: katalizátor (hu)
Icelandic: efnahvarfi m, hvarfakútur m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: katalysator (no) m

Nynorsk: katalysator m
Polish: katalizator (pl) m
Portuguese: catalisador (pt) m, conversor catalítico m
Russian: каталити́ческий конве́ртер m (katalitíčeskij konvérter)
Swedish: katalysator (sv) c, katalytisk avgasrenare c

Further reading

catalytic converter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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