Patent attributes
A ceramic filter is provided, including a base body having partition walls made of a ceramic porous body and defining cells, filter membranes provided on the partition walls which are made of a ceramic porous body having an average pore diameter smaller than that of the surface of each partition wall, and a glass seal provided to cover at least the end face of the base body. The glass seal includes an alkali-free glass containing silica (SiO2) in an amount of 55 to 65 mol %, zirconia (ZrO2) in an amount of 1 to 10 mol % and at least one kind of alkaline earth metal oxide selected from calcia, baria and strontia, but which does not substantially contain zinc oxide.