The effects of the nature of oxide component and binder, and thermal treatment temperature (100 degrees C and from 600 to 1300 degrees C) on textural and physicochemical properties of honeycomb monoliths based on alumina, titania and aluminosilicates have been studied. The main regularities of the texture formation have been revealed using H-1 NMR imaging, SEM, XRD, adsorption technique and others. It has been shown that the textural changes of monolith samples at different preparation stages from extrusion to thermal treatment are mostly caused by removal of capillary water (20-100 degrees C), sintering of small pores and consolidation of oxide particles (100-700 degrees C), and phase transformation of the oxide component or the binder (900-1300 degrees C). (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V.