A health risk assessment of platinum (Pt) emitted from automotive catalytic converters is
presented. Following a stepwise approach, the relevant literature is discussed in order to …

Abstract Intention, Goal, Scope, Background Following the introduction of automobile
catalytic converters the platinum group metals (PGM) platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and …

The distribution of the platinum group elements (PGE) caused by traffic emissions from
autoexhaust catalysts has been determined in soils and different types of plants. The plants …

Soil samples were collected along the highway A5 from the major junctions Frankfurter
Kreuz to Darmstäder Kreuz from July to September, 2004 and analyzed for palladium (Pd) …

With the introduction of catalytic converters for reducing emissions of CO, NO x and HC, a
higher concentration of Pt, Pd and Rh is being observed in environmental samples. These …

Increases in platinum group element (PGE) concentrations in ambient air and dust since the
introduction of automotive catalytic converters in 1988 is a cause of concern. Until now, data …

Following the introduction of automobile catalysts in the middle of the 1980s in Germany
there is an increasing emission of the platinum-group-metals platinum, palladium (Pd) and …

In 2004 an amount of 187 tons of palladium has been sold in world market. The main
demands were automotive catalyst (58%), electronics (14%), jewellery (14%) and dental …

During the past decade, the traffic-related emission of Pt, Rh, and Pd has strongly increased
resulting in growing concentrations in specific environmental areas. To distinguish different …

An isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometric (ID-ICP-
QMS) method was developed for the simultaneous determination of the platinum group …