Binder (material)

USES

In Art , binders have use in Painting , where they hold together Paint s, Pastel s, and other materials. Binders used include Wax , Gum Arabic , Gum Tragacanth , Methyl Cellulose , Gum s, or Protein such as Egg White or Casein .

In Cooking , various edible thickening agents are used as binders. Some of them, e.g. Tapioca flour, Lactose , Sucrose , microcrystalline Cellulose , Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone and various Starch es are used in pharmacology in making Tablet s.

In Explosive s, Wax or polymers like Polyisobutylene or Styrene-butadiene Rubber are often used as binders for Plastic Explosive s. For Polymer-bonded Explosive s, various synthetic Polymer s are used.

In Rocket fuels, Polybutadiene Acrylonitrile Copolymer was used in 1960-70's big solid-fuel booster Rocket Fuel s.

In Composite materials, Epoxy , Polyester or Phenolic Resin s are common. In Reinforced Carbon-carbon , Plastic or Pitch Resin is used as a source of carbon released through Pyrolysis . Transite used Cement as a binder.

Organic binders, designed to disintegrate by heat during Baking , are used in Sintering .

In Building Construction , Concrete uses Cement as a binder. Asphalt pavement uses Bitumen binder.

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