A light, compact and low-cost liquid fuel reformer for removing the
harmful substances within the exhaust gas discharged from vehicles having
two magnet holding cases (3, 3') accommodating respectively anisotropic
metallic materials (7, 7'). The magnet holding cases (3') and (3) are
magnetically secured each other at respective commissure (3a, 3a'),
pinching connecting tube (24) made of nonmagnetic material through which
the liquid fuel flows. The magnetic fields generated by the anisotropic
magnetic materials (7) and (7') are orthogonal to the connecting tube.
The connecting tube has an outer tube (24A) made of nonferrous metal and
an inner tube (24B) made of nonferrous metal. These two types of
nonferrous metal are selected so as to generate an electric potential
difference between the outer tube (24A) and the inner body tube (24B).