Use of rhodium in cars (cats and general)

[justine1364]

Hello,

I'm new here and not really a car connoisseur, but I need specialists' help

I'm looking for a fancy "object" that uses rhodium (long story...) Of course, I heard that car catalysts use rhodium, but I'm not sure whether this is true for all of them or just some of them (and how to tell the difference).

What I need specifically, is to be able to point to a specific car and be able to claim for sure that there is rhodium in some parts of it. Ideally, it should be a luxury car (I was thinking Ferrari 360, but it could be something else).

In other words, do you think Ferrari 360 has rhodium in it?
Do you know of any other car that for sure uses rhodium?
Would rhodium be used only in cats or could it be used elsewhere?

Thanks

[Blt2Lst]

Originally Posted by justine1364

Hello,

I'm new here and not really a car connoisseur, but I need specialists' help

I'm looking for a fancy "object" that uses rhodium (long story...) Of course, I heard that car catalysts use rhodium, but I'm not sure whether this is true for all of them or just some of them (and how to tell the difference).

What I need specifically, is to be able to point to a specific car and be able to claim for sure that there is rhodium in some parts of it. Ideally, it should be a luxury car (I was thinking Ferrari 360, but it could be something else).

In other words, do you think Ferrari 360 has rhodium in it?
Do you know of any other car that for sure uses rhodium?
Would rhodium be used only in cats or could it be used elsewhere?

Thanks

Are you trying to build a weapon of mass destruction or something?

Watch out, the FBI monitors this site so I am told..

[jdmccright]

From what I read there's about 1-2g of rhodium in the average cat. The exact amount can veary according to the size of the cat and the manufacturer's "recipe". It may be possible to correlate an engine's propensity for producing NOx, CO, and other bad gasses to the size of cat needed to reduce them to fed mandated levels.

Rhodium is primarily mined for use in catalytic converters and other catalyst operations. A minor amount is used in jewelry industry as a dip plating. There is no other area on a vehicle where rhodium would be used.

Fancy object huh? We love long stories here...do tell. Don't think I want to hang a cat around my neck as "bling" though, unless it's nice and polished up.

[justine1364]

Originally Posted by jdmccright

Fancy object huh? We love long stories here...do tell. Don't think I want to hang a cat around my neck as "bling" though, unless it's nice and polished up.

Thanks. It's not such a long story in fact...My company does and will sell rhodium. We have to advertise it in an event, but since rhodium in itself is such a dull metal (in its raw form), we have to find ways to attract people. A fancy car always attracts a crowd, right?