The present invention provides a double
metal layered
hydroxide represented by the formula [M(II) 1‑x M(III) x (OH)2] x+ (A n‑ ) x / n ·mH2O, wherein M(II) contains a
divalent cation selected from at least one of Mg, Zn, Ca, Ni, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Sr, M(III) contains a trivalent cation selected from at least one of Al, Fe, Cr, Co, In, Ga, and V, A n‑ contains an anion selected from at least one of CO3 2‑ , OH ‑ , F ‑ , Cl ‑ , SO4 2‑ , NO3 ‑ , PO4 3‑ , B(OH) ‑ , VO4 3‑ , MnO4 ‑ , ClO4 ‑ , a
carboxylate, a
sulfonate, a
sulfinic acid, and a thiocarboxylate, x is 0 < x < 1, n is the valence of A, and m is a number of 0 or more, and the double
metal layered
hydroxide has an average particle
diameter D50 of 0.3 to 1.0 μm, a BET specific surface area of 8 to 25 m 2 / g, and a
crystallite size of a D003 plane of 340 to 400 angstroms.