Patent ID: 6953503

Claim:
A slurry for molding a molded article, wherein a source powder comprising at least one of a ceramic powder and a metal powder is dispersed, introduced into a forming mold, cured in said forming mold to form said molded article, and at least a part of said forming mold is degraded or dissolved in releasing said molded article from said forming mold, said slurry comprising said source powder, a dispersion medium and a gellifying agent as major constituent components; wherein said dispersion medium and said gellifying agent each contain an organic compound having a reactive functional group; wherein said slurry further contains at least one light transmittance improving component selected from the group consisting of Mg, Y, Zr, Sc, La, Si, B, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca and oxides of these in an amount in a range of 0.02 wt % to 0.15 wt %; and wherein said slurry is cured by a reaction between said organic compound in said dispersion medium and said organic compound in said gellifying agent.