Ru-Mg-Al hydrotalcite-like anionic clay (Mg/Al/Ru = 90:29:1) was successfully prepared with a constant-pH coprecipitation method. Calcination of a hydrotalcite-like precursor at 600
C in the air gave rise to thewell-mixed oxide Ru-Mg-Al-O that possesses a good dispersion of Ru species. Ru-Mg-Al-O catalystafter suitable pretreatment exhibits quite high NO
x storage capability in the temperature range of 250-400
C, and the highest NO
x storage capability of about 220
mol g
-1 is obtained at 350
C with flowing 790ppm NO and 8% O
2 in N
2 stream. Meanwhile, the decomposition of 25-60% NO to N
2 as well as N
2O isclearly observed on the catalyst at 300-400
C. In situ diffuse reflectance Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectraindicate that NO
x is adsorbed and stored on a catalyst mainly in the form of various coordinated nitrites/nitrates. On the basis of the NO
x adsorption-desorption
profiles as well as the in situ DRIFTS spectra, wehave proposed a schematic outline for NO
x storage and NO decomposition. Finally, the reduction of storedNO
x species on the catalyst by H
2 was carried out at 350
C, indicating that all adsorbed NO
x species can bereadily reduced by hydrogen.