cats are made with ceramic that has platinum and rhodium powder in it. You can melt them and get the platinum separated form the ceramics.
Platinum catalyzes the smog out of the exhaust when it gets hot.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/catalytic-converter2.htm


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