Term: binder
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00646

Definition:
Usually a coal tar pitch or petroleum pitch (but may include thermosetting resins or mesophase pitch powders) which, when mixed with a binder coke or a filler, constitutes a carbon mix. This is used in preparation of the formation of shaped green bodies and subsequently carbon artifacts.

Related Terms:
1) coal tar pitch (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01121).
2) petroleum pitch (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04523).
3) mesophase pitch (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M03850).
4) binder coke (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00648).
5) filler (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.F02363).
6) carbon mix (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00842).
7) carbon artifacts (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00823).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 477 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'binder' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00646

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