A
constituent of a
carbon (or ceramic) artifact resulting from
carbonization of the
binder during baking.
Note: Pitches are mainly used as binders, i.e. as precursors for
binder cokes, but the term
binder should include any carbonaceous
binder material, for example thermosetting resins such as poly(furfuryl alcohol) or phenolics and similar compounds which may form a
char during
carbonization.
Source: PAC, 1995,
67, 473. (
Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 478 [
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