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A honeycomb filter, for removing from exhaust gas fine solid particles containing carbon, is an aluminum magnesium titanate sintered product obtained by firing at from 1000 to 1700° C. a product formed from a mixture comprising a Mg-containing compound, an Al-containing compound and a Ti-containing

A honeycomb filter, for removing from exhaust gas fine solid particles containing carbon, is an aluminum magnesium titanate sintered product obtained by firing at from 1000 to 1700° C. a product formed from a mixture comprising a Mg-containing compound, an Al-containing compound and a Ti-containing compound in the same metal component ratio as the metal component ratio of Mg, Al and Ti in aluminum magnesium titanate represented by the empirical formula MgxAl2(1-x)Ti(1+x)O5 (wherein 0<x<1), or a mixture comprising 100 parts by mass, as calculated as oxides, of the above-mentioned mixture and from 1 to 10 parts by mass of an alkali feldspar represented by the empirical formula (NayK1-y)AlSi3O8 (wherein 0≦y≦1).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A honeycomb filter for cleaning exhaust gas, wherein the material for the honeycomb filter is an aluminum magnesium titanate sintered product obtained by firing at from 1000 to 1700° C. a mixture consisting of 100 parts by mass, as calculated as oxides, of a blend consi

The invention claimed is: 1. A honeycomb filter for cleaning exhaust gas, wherein the material for the honeycomb filter is an aluminum magnesium titanate sintered product obtained by firing at from 1000 to 1700° C. a mixture consisting of 100 parts by mass, as calculated as oxides, of a blend consisting of a Mg-containing compound, an Al-containing compound and a Ti-containing compound in the same metal component ratio as the metal component ratio of Mg, Al and Ti in aluminum magnesium titanate represented by the empirical formula MgxAl2(1-x)Ti(1+x)O5 (wherein 0.25≦x<1), where the blend consists of the elements Mg, Al, Ti and O, and optionally at least one of C, N and S; and 1 to 10 parts by mass of an alkali feldspar represented by the empirical formula (NayK1-y)AlSi3O8 (wherein 0≦y≦1), the aluminum magnesium titanate sintered product comprises aluminum magnesium titanate having a crystal lattice, and Si is solid-solubilized in the crystal lattice of the aluminum magnesium titanate. 2. The honeycomb filter for cleaning exhaust gas according to claim 1, wherein the honeycomb filter has a wall thickness of 0.2 to 0.6 mm and a cell density of from 15 to 47 cells/cm2, wherein the porosity of the partition wall is from 30 to 70%, and the thermal expansion coefficient is at most 3.0×10-6K-1. 3. A process for producing a honeycomb filter for cleaning exhaust gas, characterized by preparing a mixture consisting of 100 parts by mass, as calculated as oxides, of a blend consisting of a Mg-containing compound, an Al-containing compound and a Ti-containing compound in the same metal component ratio as the metal component ratio of Mg, Al and Ti in aluminum magnesium titanate represented by the empirical formula MgxAl2(1-X)Ti(1+x)O5 (wherein 0.25≦x<1), where the blend consists of the elements Mg, Al, Ti and O, and optionally at least one of C, N and S; and 1 to 10 parts by mass of an alkali feldspar represented by the empirical formula (NayK1-y)AlSi3O8 (wherein 0≦y≦1), adding molding assistants to the mixture, then kneading the mixture to plasticize the mixture to make the mixture extrusion-processable, then extrusion processing the mixture into a honeycomb structure, then firing the honeycomb structure at from 1000 to 1700° C., and producing the honeycomb filter of claim 1. 4. The process for producing a honeycomb filter for exhaust gas according to claim 3, wherein the average particle sizes of the respective components contained in the mixture are at most 30 μm. 5. An apparatus for cleaning exhaust gas, characterized in that the honeycomb filter for cleaning exhaust gas as defined in claim 1 is accommodated in a can. 6. A method for cleaning diesel engine exhaust gas, comprising passing the exhaust gas through the apparatus of claim 5.