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===Catalyst=== The most common use of platinum is as a [[catalyst]] in chemical reactions, often as [[platinum black]]. It has been employed as a catalyst since the early 19th century, when platinum powder was used to catalyze the ignition of hydrogen. In an automobile [[catalytic converter]], it completes the combustion of low concentrations of unburned hydrocarbons from the exhaust into carbon dioxide and water vapor. Platinum is also used in the petroleum industry as a catalyst in a number of separate processes, but especially in [[catalytic reforming]] of straight-run [[Petroleum naphtha|naphthas]] into higher-octane gasoline that becomes rich in aromatic compounds. {{chem2|PtO2}}, also known as [[Adams' catalyst]], is used as a hydrogenation catalyst, specifically for [[vegetable oil]]s.<ref name="krebs" /> Platinum also strongly catalyzes the decomposition of [[hydrogen peroxide]] into [[water]] and oxygen<ref>{{cite book|title = General Chemistry: Principles & Modern Applications|author = Petrucci, Ralph H.|edition = 9th|page = 606|publisher = Prentice Hall|date = 2007|isbn = 978-0-13-149330-8|url = https://archive.org/details/generalchemistry0000petr|url-access = registration}}</ref> and it is used in [[fuel cell]]s<ref>{{cite book|title=Fuel Cell System Explained|first1=James|last1=Laramie|first2=Andrew|last2=Dicks|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Ltd.|year=2003|isbn=978-0-470-84857-9}}</ref> as a catalyst for the reduction of [[oxygen]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=A general approach to the size- and shape-controlled synthesis of platinum nanoparticles and their catalytic reduction of oxygen|first1=C.|last1=Wang|first2=H.|last2=Daimon|first3=T.|last3=Onodera|first4=T.|last4=Koda|first5=S.|last5=Sun|doi=10.1002/anie.200800073|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=47|issue=19|pages=3588β91|year=2008|pmid=18399516}}</ref>
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