Pech, Kohlenteer, Hochtemperatur

VerwendenCoal tar pitch is used as a base for paints and coatings, as a binder for carbon electrodes, for impregnating fiber pipe, in briquetting coal, in foundry core compounds, as a plasticizer for elastomers and polymers, as extenders, saturants, impregnants, and sealants, and in paving and roofing. Occupations with potential exposures to coal tar, coal tar pitch.

Definitioncoal tar: A tar obtained from the destructivedistillation of coal. Formerly,coal tar was obtained as a byproductin manufacturing coal gas.Now it is produced in making cokefor steel making. The crude tar containsa large number of organiccompounds, such as benzene, naphthalene,methylbenzene, phenols,etc., which can be obtained by distillation.The residue is pitch. At onetime coal tar was the major source oforganic chemicals, most of which arenow derived from petroleum andnatural gas.