Abstract:
The radial and axial compressive strength of an approximately cylindrical talyst carrier, for automotive exhaust gases which is a honeycomb structure of thin aluminum oxide walls bounding axial conduits, is greatly enhanced by an outer shell of cured aluminum phosphate cement even if the latter is only one millimeter thick. The resistance of the carrier to thermal shock is improved if the wall of the shell spacedly envelops the outer axial face of the honeycomb core, and the annular gap is at least partly occupied by ceramic fibers which provide thermal insulation.