Claims
- 1. Silicon carbide for use as a catalyst or catalyst carrier and having a large open macroporosity for access for reaction gases, said silicon carbide characterized by:
- a) a BET surface area between 10 and 50 m.sup.2 g;
- b) a bimodal porosity comprising a mesoporosity centered on a pore diameter between 0.0275 and 0.0350 .mu.m with a standard deviation of less than 0.0160 .mu.m, and a macroporosity centered on a pore diameter between 100 and 150 .mu.m with a standard deviation less than 50 .mu.m; and
- c) a residual silicon content of not more than 0.1% by weight.
- 2. Silicon carbide according to claim 1, having a coefficient k.sub.1 of darcian permeability between 4 and 12.times.10.sup.-9 m.sup.2, and a coefficient k.sub.2 of non-darcian permeability between 1.1 and 1.7.times.10.sup.-4 m.sup.2.
- 3. Silicon carbide for use in filtering diesel engine exhaust gases, characterized by:
- a) a BET surface area less than 5 m.sup.2 /g;
- b) a porosity comprising a very small mesoporosity and a macroporosity centered on a pore diameter between 100 and 150 .mu.m with a standard deviation between 30 and 50 .mu.m; and
- c) a residual silicon content of no more than 0.1% by weight.
- 4. A catalyst or catalyst support comprising silicon carbide according to claim 1.
- 5. A filter for diesel exhaust gases comprising silicon carbide according to claim 3.
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/234,962, filed Apr. 28, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,429,780.
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