Patent ID: 6716512
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B01D,B01J,C04B,F01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A honeycomb structure having, in the axial direction, a number of through-channels separated by partition walls, characterized in that honeycomb structure contains refractory particles and a vitreous component and is porous, wherein the refractory particles are bound by the vitreous component in such a state that the particles used as a raw material for the refractory particles retain their shapes, and wherein the thickness of the partition walls and the (porosity of the honeycomb structure satisfy the following relationships:thickness of partition walls (&mgr;m)&gE;porosity (%)Ã—4 and thickness of partition walls (&mgr;m)&lE;porosity (%)Ã—20.