Abstract: A honeycomb structure having multiple honeycomb units united through a seal material layer, wherein each honeycomb unit has multiple through holes arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other by the wall surfaces of the through holes, is disclosed. The honeycomb units include at least: ceramic particles; and at least one of inorganic fibers and whiskers. At least one of the honeycomb units has a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof, the cross section having an area greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2. Each corner of each honeycomb unit has a shape of one of a substantially rounded surface and a substantially chamfered surface.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure having multiple honeycomb units united through a seal material layer, wherein each honeycomb unit has multiple through holes arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other by the wall surfaces of the through holes, is disclosed. The honeycomb units include at least: ceramic particles; and at least one of inorganic fibers and whiskers. At least one of the honeycomb units has a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof, the cross section having an area greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2. The seal material layer has a thermal conductivity of about 0.1 W/m·K to about 5 W/m·K.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure 10 includes: multiple honeycomb units 11 having multiple through holes 12; and a seal layer 14 that joins adjacent honeycomb units 11 with each other via respective closed outer faces 13 of the honeycomb units 11 that are different from respective honeycombed faces of the honeycomb units 11. The honeycomb unit 11 includes at least inorganic particles, inorganic fibers and/or whiskers. A cross section area of a honeycombed face of the honeycomb unit perpendicular to the through holes 12 is about 5 to about 50 cm2, and the surface roughness Rz of the outer face 13 is about 5 to about 50 ?m.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure having multiple honeycomb units united through a seal material layer, wherein each honeycomb unit has multiple through holes arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other by the wall surfaces of the through holes, is disclosed. The honeycomb units include at least: ceramic particles; and at least one of inorganic fibers and whiskers. At least one of the honeycomb units has a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof, the cross section having an area greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2. For each of the honeycomb units, the ratio of the thermal conductivity of the honeycomb unit to the thermal conductivity of the seal material layer falls within the range of about 0.2 to about 5.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure having multiple honeycomb units united through a seal material layer, wherein each honeycomb unit has multiple through holes arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other by the wall surfaces of the through holes, is disclosed. The honeycomb units include at least: ceramic particles; and at least one of inorganic fibers and whiskers. At least one of the honeycomb units has a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof, the cross section having an area greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2. The flatness of the exterior wall of each of the honeycomb units is about 0.1 mm to about 1.5 mm.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure is disclosed that includes plural honeycomb units bonded together by using a sealing material layer, each of the honeycomb units including plural through-holes separated by plural partition walls and provided in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb units, wherein each of the honeycomb units includes at least ceramic particles, and inorganic fibers and/or whisker, an area of a cross section of one of the honeycomb units perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the one of the honeycomb units is greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2, and a circularity of the cross section of the honeycomb structure perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure is greater than or equal to about 1.0 mm and less than or equal to about 2.5 mm.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure 10 includes: multiple honeycomb units 11 having multiple through holes 12; and a seal layer 14 that joins honeycomb units 11 with each other via respective closed outer faces 13 of the honeycomb units 11 where the through holes are not open. The honeycomb unit 11 includes at least inorganic particles, inorganic fibers and/or whiskers. A cross section area of a honeycombed face of the honeycomb unit perpendicular to the through holes 12 is about 5 to about 50 cm2. The flatness of an entire end face as the honeycombed faces of the honeycomb units 11 joined by the seal layer 14 is about 2.5 mm or less. The level difference between the end faces of the honeycomb units 11 is about 2.0 mm or less.

Abstract: A catalyst supporting honeycomb includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure and catalyst particles supported on the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure includes cell walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure to define a plurality of cells extending in the longitudinal direction. The plurality of cells include large-volume cells having first opening ends and second closing ends opposite to the first opening ends along the longitudinal direction, and small-volume cells having first closed ends and second opening ends opposite to the first closed ends along the longitudinal direction. Total cross sectional areas of the large-volume cells on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction are larger than total cross sectional areas of the small-volume cells on the plane. The catalyst particles include an oxide catalyst having an average particle diameter of at least about 0.05 ?m and at most about 1.00 ?m.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure integrally formed, first and second lamination members, a metal casing containing the honeycomb structure and the lamination member, and first and second end members connected to first and second end portions of the casing, respectively to secure the honeycomb structure and the lamination member. The honeycomb structure includes a wall portion defining through holes which extend substantially along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure, each of the through holes being sealed at either one end portion. Each of the lamination members has aligned through holes extending substantially along the longitudinal direction. The honeycomb structure and lamination members include inorganic fibers oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure is disclosed that includes plural honeycomb units bonded together by using a sealing material layer, each of the honeycomb units including plural through-holes separated by plural partition walls and provided in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb units, wherein a surface roughness Ra of an outer surface of the honeycomb structure is greater than or equal to about 1 ?m and less than or equal to about 50 ?m, each of the honeycomb units includes at least ceramic particles, and inorganic fibers and/or whisker, and an area of a cross section of one of the honeycomb units perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the one of the honeycomb units is greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a honeycomb structure which carries a catalyst component containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and purifies exhaust emissions.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure 10 of the present invention comprises: porous honeycomb units 11 having multiple through-holes, including the first form of an inorganic material (for example, ceramic particles), the second form of an inorganic material (for example, inorganic fibers or ceramic particles having large particle sizes), and an inorganic binder; and sealing material layers 14 jointing the porous honeycomb units 11 at outer surfaces 13 where the through-holes are not open. The cross-sectional area perpendicular to the through-holes is about 5 to about 50 cm2. The ratio of the total cross-sectional area of the porous honeycomb units 11 to the cross-sectional area of the honeycomb structure 10 is not less than about 85%. The honeycomb structure 10 reduces thermal stress or vibration applied to each porous honeycomb unit 11, by the sealing material layers 14, and allows for a more effective use of surface on which catalyst components are dispersed.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure having multiple through holes includes at least ceramic particles and an inorganic binder. A wall thickness of each wall between adjoining through holes, on which a catalyst component is carried, is designed to be not greater than about 0.25 mm. The honeycomb structure satisfies a relation of Y?250×X+22500 (50?X?80), where X denotes an aperture ratio (%) of a honeycombed face of the honeycomb structure perpendicular to the multiple through holes and Y denotes a specific surface area per unit volume (m2/L) of the honeycomb structure.

Abstract: A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body in which a plurality of porous ceramic members are combined with one another through an adhesive layer, each of the porous ceramic members having a plurality of cells which are allowed to penetrate in a longitudinal direction with a wall portion therebetween and either one end of which is sealed, with a catalyst supporting layer being adhered to the wall portion, wherein, supposing that the rate of the pore volume of pores having a pore diameter of 10 ?m or less to the entire pore volume of the porous ceramic member is X1 (%), the porosity is Y1 (%) and the weight of the catalyst supporting layer is Z1 (g/l), these X1, Y1 and Z1 are allowed to satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2): X1?20?Z1/10??(1), and Y1?35+7Z1/40??(2) (where about 20?Z1?about 150).

Abstract: A honeycomb structured body comprising a pillar-shaped honeycomb block including a honeycomb unit in which a number of cells are longitudinally placed in parallel with a cell wall therebetween. The honeycomb unit comprising inorganic particles, as well as inorganic fibers and/or whiskers, and the inorganic fibers and/or whiskers increase a specific surface area of the honeycomb unit. A sealing material provided on a peripheral portion of the honeycomb block. Irregularities are formed on the peripheral face of the honeycomb structured body and the pillar-shaped honeycomb block. A least square curve is obtained by a least square method on the basis of points comprising the contour of a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structured body and the honeycomb block.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies each having cells. The honeycomb fired bodies include a center-portion honeycomb fired body and a peripheral-portion honeycomb fired body. An area of the center-portion honeycomb fired body is at least about 900 mm2 and at most about 2500 mm2 in a cross section. A shape of the peripheral-portion honeycomb fired body is different from the shape of the center-portion honeycomb fired body in the cross section. An area of the peripheral-portion honeycomb fired body is at least about 0.9 times and at most about 1.3 times larger than the area of the center-portion honeycomb fired body in the cross section.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies. Each of the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies has a longitudinal direction and cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction to define cells. An adhesive layer is provided between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies to connect the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies so that each longitudinal direction is substantially in parallel with each other. The plurality of honeycomb fired bodies include at least one center-portion honeycomb fired body located at a center portion of the honeycomb structure and at least one periphery honeycomb fired body surrounding the center-portion honeycomb fired body to form a peripheral face of the honeycomb structure. The periphery honeycomb fired body includes contact faces contacting the adhesive layer. At least one of the contact faces has irregularities.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb member including inorganic fibers and having walls extending along a longitudinal direction to define cells. A catalyst is provided on the wall in an amount of at least about 100 g and at most about 400 g per liter of volume of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb member has a pore distribution measured using mercury porosimetry in which a pore distribution curve has a first peak in a range from about 0.005 ?m to about 0.03 ?m of a pore diameter, a second peak in a range from about 1 ?m to about 15 ?m of the pore diameter, and a third peak in a range from about 15 ?m to about 50 ?m of the pore diameter, where the curve is drawn by plotting the pore diameter (?m) on an X-axis and a log differential pore volume (mL/g) on a Y-axis.