Ngk Insulators, Inc.

Kenichi Hidaka

Yoshio Kikuchi

Kenji Morimoto

Masaki Ishikawa

Takafumi Kimata

Kisuke Yamamoto

Yunie Izumi

Yoshimasa Kobayashi

Hiroharu Kobayashi

Miyuki Kojima

Takuya Nakashima

Masashi Kuboyama

A porous composite includes a porous base material, and a porous collection layer provided on a collection surface of the base material (e.g., on inner surfaces of first cells). The collection layer contains catalyst particles of rare-earth oxide or transition-metal oxide situated in pores of the collection surface of the base material. The collection surface has a covered region that is covered with the collection layer and whose total area is 60% or less of the total area of the collection surface.

Porous composite and method of producing porous composite

A porous ceramic structure with low pressure loss and high catalytic performance is provided. The porous ceramic structure includes a porous structure body (i.e., honeycomb structure) composed primarily of cordierite, and manganese (Mn) and tungsten (W) that are fixedly attached to the honeycomb structure. Thus, pressure loss in the porous ceramic structure can be reduced, and an NO combustion temperature in the porous ceramic structure can be lowered. In other words, the aforementioned structure of the porous ceramic structure allows the porous ceramic structure to have low pressure loss and high catalytic performance.

Porous ceramic structure

A ceramic formed body extrusion method for forming a ceramic formed body having a wall-shaped or plate-shaped formed portion by using an extrusion die provided with a slit for extrusion of a ceramic formed body from a raw material for forming, the slit including a slit former stage unit located on an upstream side in an extrusion direction in the extrusion and a slit latter stage unit located on a downstream side in the extrusion direction, the slit latter stage unit having a width of three to 27 times a width of the slit former stage unit, and by extruding a raw material containing a first particle having an aspect ratio of two or more and less than 300 such that the raw material passes though the slit former stage unit of the extrusion die and then passes through the slit latter stage unit.

Ceramic formed body extrusion method, ceramic formed body, and ceramic porous body

To provide a honeycomb structure capable of using as a catalyst carrier, which functions as a heater, and where a bonding layer is hard to break and an electrical resistance value is hard to rise; including a honeycomb segment bonded body where honeycomb segments are bonded by bonding layer, and a pair of electrode members disposed on a side surface of the bonded body, the electrode members is formed into a band shape, and in a cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction, one electrode member is disposed on an opposite side across the center of the bonded body to another electrode member, and in at least a part of the bonding layer, inorganic fibers made of &#x3b2;-SiC and a metal silicide are included in a porous body where silicon carbide are bound with silicon in a state where pores are held among the particles.

Honeycomb structure and manufacturing method thereof

To provide a honeycomb structure capable of using as a catalyst carrier, which suitably functions as a heater by applying a voltage, and where a bonding layer is hard to break; and including a honeycomb segment bonded body where honeycomb segments are bonded by bonding layer, and a pair of electrode members disposed on side surface of the bonded body, wherein the electrode members is formed into a band shape, in a cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction, the one electrode member is disposed on an opposite side across the center of the bonded body with respect to another electrode member, and in at least a part of the bonding layer, inorganic fibers made of an oxide are included in a porous body where particles of silicon carbide are bound with silicon in a state where pores are held among the particles.

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Kenichi Hidaka