Patent ID: 7914721

Claim:
A process for producing a ceramic material, comprising the steps of: i) locating a mask, which has a predetermined shape, on a substrate, ii) forming a spacing between the substrate and the mask, which has the predetermined shape, iii) jetting out an aerosol, which contains a carrier gas and raw material particles dispersed in the carrier gas, onto the substrate, and iv) causing the jetted-out aerosol to flow into the spacing between the substrate and the mask, the raw material particles, which are contained in the aerosol, being deposited in the spacing between the substrate and the mask, whereby a molded body having the same shape as the shape of the mask is formed, wherein the mask includes aperture portions and non-aperture portions, wherein when the jetted-out aerosol flows into the spacing between the substrate and the mask, the raw material particles of the aerosol deposit under the non-aperture portions to provide the molded body in the same shape as the mask.