Carrier for automobile exhaust gas purifying catalyst.

摘要

A semi-oval shaped metallic carrier having an excellent thermal stress resistance an thermal fatigue resistance and used for an automobile exhaust gas-purifying catalyst, in which the carrier is composed of a metallic honeycomb body (3) constituted by superimposing flat metal foils and corrugated metal foils one on the other and winding them together, and a metallic jacket (2) enclosing the lateral face of the honeycomb body, the transverse section of the metallic carrier constituting the parallel portions and semi-circular arc portions and the honeycomb body is joined to the jacket mainly at the semi-circular arc portions or at the parallel portions of the honeycomb body.