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How much platinum in a catalytic converter?

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hi
about how platinum ther is in a catalytic converter.it all depend of the model and the size.however the price of platinum in June 2009 is around 1259.us$now,not 7300us like i seeon an another answer.it also containt:rhodium
,paladium,price of June 2009;1350 and 251us$
example a small import scrap converter 73$
large import 105$

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