Title: binder coke
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - binder coke
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.B00648
Status: current

Definition
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.

Related Terms
- Pitches: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04677
- binder: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/B00646
- carbon (or ceramic) artifact: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00823
- carbonization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00840
- char: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00974
- constituent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01281

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 478 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

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Citation: Citation: 'binder coke' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.B00648
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