Patent ID: 8628841

Claim:
A method for producing a ceramic green body molded into a predetermined shape, the method comprising: mixing a ceramic powder, an isocyanate, a polyol, a temperature-sensitive catalyst that exhibits a catalyst function for accelerating a urethane reaction between the isocyanate and the polyol within a predetermined temperature range, wherein a catalyst-reaction speed of the temperature sensitive catalyst becomes a maximum within a temperature range of 55° C.-120° C., and a solvent to prepare a ceramic slurry containing the ceramic powder, the unreacted isocyanate, the unreacted polyol, the temperature-sensitive catalyst and the solvent; molding the prepared ceramic slurry into a predetermined shape at room temperature; and forming a urethane resin through the urethane reaction between the unreacted isocyanate and the unreacted polyol in the molded product so as to solidify the molded product, and drying the molded product so as to evaporate the solvent, at the temperature within the 55° C.-120° C. temperature range through the application of heat to the molded product, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polytetramethylene glycol, polyhexamethylene glycol, and polyvinyl butyral.