Patent ID: 8101117

Claim:
A method for producing a porous ceramic article, comprising the steps of: providing inorganic ceramic-forming ingredients; adding an organic binder, a solvent and a pore forming agent to the inorganic ceramic-forming ingredients, wherein the pore forming agent is t-butlyperoxytrimethylsilane, di(t-butylperoxy)dimethylsilane, di(t-butylperoxy)diphenylsilane or combinations thereof; mixing the inorganic ceramic forming ingredients, the organic binder, the solvent and the pore forming agent to form a precursor batch; forming the precursor batch into a green body; firing the green body to produce a porous ceramic article; and wherein the pore forming agent is stable during the step of forming the green body and decomposes after the forming of the green body but before firing the green body.