In order to investigate the behavior of Pt and CeO2 on the Pt/CeO2/Al2O3 catalyst after aging at 1273 K, the oxygen storage capacity(OSC) has been measured and physically mixed catalysts such as Pt/Al2O3 + CeO2,/Al2O3, Pt/Al2O3 + CeO2, Pt/CeO2 + Al2O3 and Pt/CeO2 + Pt/Al2O3 catalysts have been employed for comparison. After the aging, the OSC of the physically mixed catalysts whose CeO2 was not supported on Al2O3 became poor because of the large-sized CeO2 and the deactivation of Pt, although those catalysts provided large OSC assisted by the Pt-CeO2 interaction before the aging, The OSC increment calculated by subtraction of the OSC of Pt/Al2O3 + CeO2/Al2O3 from that of Pt/CeO2/Al2O3 indicated that both the Pt-CeO2 interaction and the dispersed CeO2 on Al2O3 are essential for the generation of OSC, even after the aging. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.