Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells and a plugging portion provided at an open end on a first end face side or a second end face side of the cells, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component, a porosity of the partition wall is 60 to 70%, an average pore diameter of the partition wall is 20 to 30 ?m, an open porosity of pores existing at the partition wall surface and having equivalent circle diameters exceeding 1.5 ?m is 31% or more, and, in a pore diameter distribution which indicates a cumulative pore volume of the partition wall, a half-value width of a first peak including a maximum value of a log differential pore volume is 0.20 or less.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells and a plugging portion provided at an open end on a first end face side or a second end face side of each of the cells, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component thereof, a number per unit area of pores which exist at a surface of the partition wall and which have equivalent circle diameters exceeding 3.0 ?m is 1400 per mm2 or more, and, in a pore diameter distribution which indicates a cumulative pore volume of the partition wall, with a log pore diameter on a horizontal axis and a log differential pore volume (cm3/g) on a vertical axis, a half-value width of a first peak that includes a maximum value of the log differential pore volume is 0.30 or less.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed, surrounding a plurality of cells which serve as fluid through channels extending from a first end face to a second end face; and a plugging portion provided at an open end on the first end face side or the second end face side of each of the cells, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component thereof, an average pore diameter of the partition wall is 20 to 30 ?m, an average equivalent circle diameter of pores existing at a surface of the partition wall and having equivalent circle diameters exceeding 3.0 ?m is 18 to 30 ?m, and a number per unit area of pores existing at a surface of the partition wall and having equivalent circle diameters exceeding 3.0 ?m is 400 per mm2 or more.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a honeycomb filter includes a kneaded material preparation process, a forming process, and a firing process, wherein the cordierite forming raw material contains porous silica as an inorganic pore former, in a cumulative particle size distribution of the cordierite forming raw material, particle diameters (?m) of 10% by volume, 50% by volume, and 90% by volume of the total volume from a small diameter side, are denoted by D(a) 10, D(a) 50 and D(a) 90, respectively, and a particle diameter (?m) of 50% by volume of the total volume from the small diameter side is denoted by D(b) 50 in a cumulative particle size distribution of the organic pore former, and the cordierite forming raw material and the organic pore former satisfy given expressions.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a honeycomb filter includes a kneaded material preparation process, a forming process and a firing process, wherein the cordierite forming raw material contains at least one of porous silica and fused silica, particle diameters (?m) of 10% by volume, 50% by volume and 90% by volume, from a small diameter side, are denoted by D(a) 10, D(a) 50 and D(a) 90 in a cumulative particle size distribution of the cordierite forming raw material, and a particle diameter (?m) of 50% by volume from a small diameter side is denoted by D(b) 50 in a cumulative particle size distribution of the organic pore former, D(b) 50 is 40 ?m or less, and a cordierite forming raw material and an organic pore former satisfy given expressions.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells which serve as fluid through channels extending from a first end face to a second end face; and a plugging portion provided at an open end on the first end face side or the second end face side of each of the cells, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component thereof, and a number per unit area of pores which exist at a surface of the partition wall and which have equivalent circle diameters exceeding 3.0 ?m is 600 per mm2 or more.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells and a plugging portion provided at an open end on a first end face side or a second end face side of each of the cells, wherein the partition wall is composed of a material containing cordierite as a main component thereof, a number per unit area of pores which exist at a surface of the partition wall and which have equivalent circle diameters exceeding 3.0 ?m is 1400 per mm2 or more, and, in a pore diameter distribution which indicates a cumulative pore volume of the partition wall, with a log pore diameter on a horizonal axis and a log differential pore volume (cm3/g) on a vertical axis, a half-value width of a first peak that includes a maximum value of the log differential pore volume is 0.30 or less.