a method of making an inorganic slurry , forming the inorganic slurry into a useful article and method of removing the solvent medium from the formed article . the slurry contains an inorganic powder , water , dispersant , thermally gelable polymeric binder and optionally a plasticizer . the method comprises admixing the inorganic powder , water and dispersant to form a blend . the blend is a ball milled , heated , and admixed with a thermally gelable polymeric binder to form a slurry mixture , then the mixture is cooled . the slurry mixture can be extruded to form useful articles , such as metal or ceramic tapes . additionally , the invention is also a method of final shaping and removing solvents from the formed article . a heated calendar roll stack assembly is used to rapidly remove the solvent from the article . when sintered , the resulting article is very dense and exhibits substantially no voids .