Abstract: The present invention is a method of removing binder material which is non-sublimable at room temperature and pressures greater than 1 Torr from a binder and particulate mixture. The binder and particulate mixture is formed into a shaped article and placed in a closed furnace. The closed furnace is then adjusted to a pressure and temperature sufficient to effect transformation of the binder material from a solid to a vapor and diffusion of the binder material as a vapor through, and from, the binder and particulate mixture without formation of a liquid phase of binder material on the binder and particulate mixture surface. The shaped article is held under these processing conditions until substantially all of the binder material transforms to its vapor state and diffuses through, and from, the mixture into the closed furnace. The binder material vapor is then evacuated from the furnace through conventional means.