Because honeycomb structure provide large surface area to the exhaust gasses for reaction under the action of catalyst then any other structure.
shine a flashlight inside or hold it up to light to see if there is a honeycomb inside. if there is no honeycomb inside, it contains no platinum.
There is no reason to do this. Modern catalytic converters do not restrict your exhaust flow. All you will gain by breaking it out is a check engine light coming on that will never go away. If your check engine light is already on for a catalytic converter problem removing the honeycomb will not fix it.
The platinum is coated on the surfaces of the honeycomb or, on older models, on the ceramic beads.
It might be the catalytic converter has overheated and had the honeycomb inside melt together.
catalytic converter
Legally you can only replace a catalytic converter with another catalytic converter.
Yes, it has a catalytic converter.
Yes
what is the surface area of a catalytic converter
There is not an antitheft cover for the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter gets extremely hot and cannot be covered.
There isn't gold in a catalytic converter.There isn't gold in a catalytic converter.
Replace the catalytic converter.