binder

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00646
Usually a @C01121@ or @P04523@ (but may include thermosetting resins or @M03850@ powders) which, when mixed with a @B00648@ or a @F02363@, constitutes a @C00842@. This is used in preparation of the formation of shaped green bodies and subsequently @C00823@.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473. (Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 477 [Terms] [Paper]