A honeycomb filter includes a silicon carbide honeycomb fired body, an end face, and porous cell walls. The silicon carbide honeycomb fired body includes a plurality of cells through which exhaust gas is to flow and which include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells. The sil
A honeycomb filter includes a silicon carbide honeycomb fired body, an end face, and porous cell walls. The silicon carbide honeycomb fired body includes a plurality of cells through which exhaust gas is to flow and which include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells. The silicon carbide honeycomb fired body includes silicon carbide grains having a silicon-containing oxide layer with a thickness of 0.1 to 2 μm on surfaces of the silicon carbide grains. The end face has an aperture ratio of not less than 20% at the exhaust gas emission side. The porous cell walls define rims of the plurality of cells. The plugged portions of the exhaust gas introduction cells are arranged in vertical and horizontal lines with the porous cell walls residing between the plugged portions in the end face at the exhaust gas emission side.
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1. A honeycomb filter comprising: a silicon carbide honeycomb fired body comprising a plurality of cells through which exhaust gas is to flow and which include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells each having an open end at an exhaust gas
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A honeycomb filter comprising: a silicon carbide honeycomb fired body comprising a plurality of cells through which exhaust gas is to flow and which include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells each having an open end at an exhaust gas introduction side and a plugged end at an exhaust gas emission side, the exhaust gas emission cells each having an open end at the exhaust gas emission side and a plugged end at the exhaust gas introduction side, the silicon carbide honeycomb fired body including silicon carbide grains having a silicon-containing oxide layer with a thickness of 0.1 to 2 μm on surfaces of the silicon carbide grains, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells each having a uniform cross sectional shape except for a plugged portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells thoroughly from the exhaust gas introduction side to the exhaust gas emission side;an end face with an aperture ratio of not less than 20% at the exhaust gas emission side; andporous cell walls defining rims of the plurality of cells, the plugged portions of the exhaust gas introduction cells being arranged in vertical and horizontal lines with the porous cell walls residing between the plugged portions in the end face at the exhaust gas emission side,wherein each of the exhaust gas emission cells is adjacently surrounded fully by the exhaust gas introduction cells across the porous cell walls,wherein the exhaust gas introduction cells include first exhaust gas introduction cells and second exhaust gas introduction cells,wherein each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells has a cross sectional area larger than a cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells,wherein each of the exhaust gas emission cells has a cross sectional area equal to or larger than the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells each have a polygonal shape, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a side forming a cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells faces one of the exhaust gas emission cells, a side forming a cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells faces one of the exhaust gas emission cells, and the side of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is longer than the side of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells, ora side forming a cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells faces one of the exhaust gas emission cells, and none of sides forming a cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells faces the exhaust gas emission cells. 2. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the end face at the exhaust gas emission side has an aperture ratio of not less than 25%. 3. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the plugged portions of the exhaust gas introduction cells have a width of not less than 0.5 mm. 4. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells each have the polygonal shape, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, length of the side forming the cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells is not more than 0.8 times length of the side forming the cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells. 5. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells are each octagonal, the first exhaust gas introduction cells are each square, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells are each octagonal. 6. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells is equal in size to the cross sectional area of each of the exhaust gas emission cells, andwherein the cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is 20 to 50% size of the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells. 7. The honeycomb filter according to claim 5, wherein the porous cell walls separating the plurality of cells have a uniform thickness in any part of the honeycomb filter. 8. The honeycomb filter according to claim 5, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells have octagonal cross sections, the first exhaust gas introduction cells have square cross sections, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells have octagonal cross sections,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells is congruent with a cross sectional shape of each of the exhaust gas emission cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells are arranged in a manner that the exhaust gas emission cells are each surrounded by alternately arranged four pieces of the first exhaust gas introduction cells and four pieces of the second exhaust gas introduction cells across the porous cell walls,provided that hypothetical segments connecting geometric centers of gravity of octagonal cross sections of the four pieces of the second exhaust gas introduction cells surrounding a reference exhaust gas emission cell of the exhaust gas emission cells are given, an intersection of two segments crossing the reference exhaust gas emission cell is identical with a geometric center of gravity of an octagonal cross section of the reference exhaust gas emission cell, andfour segments not crossing the reference exhaust gas emission cell form a square, and midpoints of respective sides of the square are identical with geometric centers of gravity of square cross sections of the four pieces of the first exhaust gas introduction cells surrounding the reference exhaust gas emission cell,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a side facing one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells across a first cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the exhaust gas emission cells is parallel to a side facing one of the exhaust gas emission cells across the first cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a side facing one of the second exhaust gas introduction cells across a second cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the exhaust gas emission cells is parallel to a side facing one of the exhaust gas emission cells across the second cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the second exhaust gas introduction cells,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a side facing one of the second exhaust gas introduction cells across a third cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is parallel to a side facing one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells across the third cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the second exhaust gas introduction cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, distances between parallel sides are the same. 9. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells are all square. 10. The honeycomb filter according to claim 9, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells is equal in size to the cross sectional area of each of the exhaust gas emission cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is 20 to 50% size of the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells. 11. The honeycomb filter according to claim 9, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells have square cross sections, the first exhaust gas introduction cells have square cross sections, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells have square cross sections,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells is congruent with a cross sectional shape of each of the exhaust gas emission cells,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells are arranged in a manner that the exhaust gas emission cells are each surrounded by alternately arranged four pieces of the first exhaust gas introduction cells and four pieces of the second exhaust gas introduction cells across the porous cell walls,provided that hypothetical segments connecting geometric centers of gravity of the square cross sections of the four pieces of the second exhaust gas introduction cells surrounding a reference exhaust gas emission cell of the exhaust gas emission cells are given, an intersection of the two segments crossing the reference exhaust gas emission cell is identical with a geometric center of gravity of a square cross section of the reference exhaust gas emission cell, andfour segments not crossing the reference exhaust gas emission cell form a square, and midpoints of respective sides of the square are identical with geometric centers of gravity of the square cross sections of the four pieces of the first exhaust gas introduction cells surrounding the reference exhaust gas emission cell, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a side facing one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells across a first cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the exhaust gas emission cells is parallel to a side facing one of the exhaust gas emission cells across the first cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a side facing one of the second exhaust gas introduction cells across a third cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is parallel to a side facing one of the first exhaust gas introduction cells across the third cell wall among sides forming the cross sectional shape of one of the second exhaust gas introduction cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, distances between parallel sides are the same. 12. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, vertex portions of the polygonal shape are formed by curved lines. 13. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells are point-symmetrical polygons each having not more than eight sides. 14. A honeycomb filter comprising: a silicon carbide honeycomb fired body comprising a plurality of cells through which exhaust gas is to flow and which include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells each having an open end at an exhaust gas introduction side and a plugged end at an exhaust gas emission side, the exhaust gas emission cells each having an open end at the exhaust gas emission side and a plugged end at the exhaust gas introduction side, the silicon carbide honeycomb fired body including silicon carbide grains having a silicon-containing oxide layer with a thickness of 0.1 to 2 μm on surfaces of the silicon carbide grains, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells each having a uniform cross sectional shape except for a plugged portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells thoroughly from the exhaust gas introduction side to the exhaust gas emission side;an end face with an aperture ratio of not less than 20% at the exhaust gas emission side; andporous cell walls defining rims of the plurality of cells, the plugged portions of the exhaust gas introduction cells being arranged in vertical and horizontal lines with the porous cell walls residing between the plugged portions in the end face at the exhaust gas emission side,wherein, the exhaust gas introduction cells include first exhaust gas introduction cells and second exhaust gas introduction cells each having a cross sectional area larger than a cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells,wherein each of the exhaust gas emission cells has a cross sectional area equal to or larger than the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells are each in a shape formed by a curved line,wherein the porous cell walls includes first porous cell walls separating the first exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells, andsecond porous cell walls separating the second exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells, andwherein a thickness of each of the first porous cell walls is smaller than a thickness of each of the second porous cell walls. 15. The honeycomb filter according to claim 14, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells are each in a shape formed by a curved line, andwherein the thickness of each of the first porous cell walls is 40 to 75% the thickness of each of the second porous cell walls. 16. The honeycomb filter according to claim 14, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas emission cells and the second exhaust gas introduction cells each have a convex square cross section formed by four outwardly curved lines, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells each have a concave square cross section formed by four inwardly curved lines. 17. The honeycomb filter according to claim 14, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells is equal in size to the cross sectional area of each of the exhaust gas emission cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is 20 to 50% size of the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells. 18. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust gas introduction cells consist only of the first exhaust gas introduction cells and the second exhaust gas introduction cells. 19. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the honeycomb filter comprises a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies,wherein each of the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies has the exhaust gas emission cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells, and the second exhaust gas introduction cells,wherein each of the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies has an outer wall on an outer periphery of each of the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies, andwherein the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies are combined with one another by adhesive layers residing between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies. 20. The honeycomb filter according to claim 19, wherein the outer wall has corner portions, andwherein a side, which contacts the outer wall, of each of the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells adjacent to the outer wall is straight and parallel to a side corresponding to an outer periphery of the outer wall in a manner that a thickness of the outer wall is uniform except for the corner portions in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells. 21. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the porous cell walls have a thickness of 0.10 to 0.46 mm. 22. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the porous cell walls have a porosity of 40 to 65%. 23. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein the porous cell walls have pores having an average pore diameter of 8 to 25 μm. 24. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, further comprising: a periphery coat layer formed on a periphery of the honeycomb filter. 25. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the first exhaust gas introduction cells, the second exhaust gas introduction cells, and the exhaust gas emission cells each have a uniform cross sectional shape except for the plugged portion thoroughly from the exhaust gas introduction side to the exhaust gas emission side,wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is different from the cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the cross sectional shape of each of the exhaust gas emission cells is different from the cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells. 26. The honeycomb filter according to claim 1, wherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, a cell unit is two-dimensionally repeated in a manner that the first exhaust gas introduction cells and the second exhaust gas introduction cells surrounding each of the exhaust gas emission cells in the cell unit are shared between adjacent cell units,wherein the cell unit has a cell structure such that each of the exhaust gas emission cells is adjacently surrounded fully by the exhaust gas introduction cells across the porous cell walls,the exhaust gas introduction cells includes the first exhaust gas introduction cells and the second exhaust gas introduction cells,each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells has the cross sectional area larger than the cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, andeach of the exhaust gas emission cells has the cross sectional area equal to or larger than the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, andwherein, in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells, the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells have one of a first structure such that the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells each have the polygonal shape, a side forming the cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells faces one of the exhaust gas emission cells, a side forming the cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells faces one of the exhaust gas emission cells, and the side of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells is longer than the side of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells, orthe exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells each the polygonal shape, a side forming the cross sectional shape of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells faces one of the exhaust gas emission cells, and none of sides forming the cross sectional shape of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells faces the exhaust gas emission cells, anda second structure such that the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells are each in a shape formed by a curved line,the porous cell walls include first porous cell walls separating the first exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells, andsecond porous cell walls separating the second exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells, anda thickness of each of the first porous cell walls is smaller than a thickness of each of the second porous cell walls.
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