To provide a porous member that can suppress energy loss in a microwave
band and can evenly disperse gas when used in a field requiring a high
level of cleanness. The porous member is formed of porous ceramics and
has a dielectric loss tangent of not more than 1.times.10.sup.-3 in a
microwave band. A ceramic member has sintered ceramics including the
porous member at a part thereof.