A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst was prepared by slurry
coating ZSM-5 zeolite onto a cordierite monolith, then subliming an iron
salt onto the zeolite, calcining the monolith, and then dipping the
monolith either into an aqueous solution of manganese nitrate and cerium
nitrate and then calcining, or by similar treatment with separate
solutions of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate. The supported catalyst
containing iron, manganese, and cerium showed 80 percent conversion at
113 degrees Celsius of a feed gas containing nitrogen oxides having 4
parts NO to one part NO.sub.2, about one equivalent ammonia, and excess
oxygen; conversion improved to 94 percent at 147 degrees Celsius.
N.sub.2O was not detected (detection limit: 0.6 percent N.sub.2O).