Patent attributes
This invention provides a honeycomb catalyst having an excellent purification efficiency and a small pressure loss and can be mounted even in a limited space, the honeycomb catalyst comprising: porous partition walls 4 having plural pores 25, which are arranged to form plural cells 3 allowing communication between two end faces; plugging portions being arranged to plug the cells 3 in one of the end faces; and catalytically active components 5, 15 loaded on surfaces of partition walls 4 and inner surfaces of pores 25, wherein many catalytically active component-loading pores 35 through which a gas can pass are formed in partition walls 4, and a ratio of a mass (MW) of the catalytically active component loaded on the surfaces of partition walls 4 to a mass (MP) of the catalytically active component 5 loaded on the inner surfaces of the pores 25 is (MW):(MP)=1:3 to 3:1.