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In slip casting - sometimes called drain casting - a plaster of paris mold is filled with a slip. Slip is a liquid containing a ceramic material in a water suspension. As the mold absorbs water, the ceramic suspension solidifies uniformly on the walls of the mold.

Once the desired wall thickness is reached, the remaining slip is drained, the mold is separated or broken, and the part is removed. The part, now in a powder compact or green stage, is then sintered in an oven.