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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Sten A. Wallin, Midland, MI (US);
Christopher P. Christenson, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
David H. West, Houston, TX (US);
Martin C. Cornell, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Zoran R. Jovanovic, Midland, MI (US);
Henri J. M. Gruenbauer, Oostburg, NL;
Sten A. Wallin, Midland, MI (US);
Christopher P. Christenson, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
David H. West, Houston, TX (US);
Martin C. Cornell, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Zoran R. Jovanovic, Midland, MI (US);
Henri J. M. Gruenbauer, Oostburg, NL;
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention is a catalytic device comprised of a catalyst support of fused ceramic grains and a catalyst that is surface-bound to at least a portion of the ceramic grains, incorporated into at least a portion of the ceramic grains or combinations thereof, wherein the grains and catalyst form a surface structure that has a box counting dimension of greater than 1.00 or the box counting dimension has at least one step change when measured from a box size 'd' of at least about 1 micrometer to at most about 1 millimeter. The invention is particularly useful in making a catalytic converter or catalytic converter-soot trap.