(a) Oven characteristics.
         The oven used for thermally stressing the test catalyst must be capable of maintaining a temperature of 500 ±5 °C and 1000 ±10 °C.
     
    
        
        (b) Evaluation gas composition.
        
        (1) 
         A synthetic exhaust gas mixture is used for evaluating the effect of thermal stress on catalyst conversion efficiency.
     
    
        
        (2) 
         The synthetic exhaust gas mixture must have the following composition:
     
    
        
            
                
                
                
            
            
                | Carbon Monoxide | 
                1 | 
                 | 
            
            
                | Oxygen | 
                1.3 | 
                 | 
            
            
                | Carbon Dioxide | 
                3.8 | 
                 | 
            
            
                | Water Vapor | 
                10 | 
                 | 
            
            
                | Sulfer dioxide | 
                 | 
                20 | 
            
            
                | Oxides of nitrogen | 
                 | 
                280 | 
            
            
                | Hydrogen | 
                 | 
                3500 | 
            
            
                | Hydrocarbon* | 
                 | 
                4000 | 
            
            
                | Nitrogen = Balance | 
            
            
                | * Propylene/propane ratio = 2/1. | 
            
        
     
    
        
        (c) Phase 2 engines.
         The catalyst thermal stress test is not required for engine families certified to the Phase 2 standards.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [60 FR 34598, July 3, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 15243, Mar. 30, 1999]