Circumferential coating material and circumferential coating honeycomb structure

Abstract

A circumferential coating material which is coated on a circumferential surface of a honeycomb structure monolithically formed by extrusion, to form a circumferential coating layer, the circumferential coating material containing fused silica in a range of 20 to 75 mass %, containing a color developing agent in a range of 5 to 50 mass %, containing colloidal silica in a range of 5 to 30 mass %, and further containing a silicon based water repellent agent in a range of 1 to 10 mass % to a total mass of the fused silica, the color developing agent, and the colloidal silica.

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