Patent ID: 8450231

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a ceramic material, said method comprising: preparing a uniform phase comprising, at least, a curable composition that includes a silicon-containing compound having in one molecule one or more reactive functional groups, wherein a ratio between the functional groups and silicon atoms present in the silicon-containing compound is greater than 1:50, and a linear silicone oil or a silicon-free organic oil, with a viscosity at 25° C. of 2 to 10,000,000 mPa·s, that does not participate in curing of the curable composition; curing the curable composition to obtain silicon-containing particles; causing phase separation from the linear silicone oil or the silicon-free organic oil to obtain the silicon-containing particles, and baking the silicon-containing particles or a composition comprising the silicon-containing particles and the linear silicone oil or the silicon-free organic oil, to obtain the ceramic material.