Talk:Pitch (resin)

message: I'm not that well versed in materials science, but could pitch be considered a dilitant material, similar to Silly_Putty? Both will shatter when impacted, but are ductile (I think thats the right term) when forces are applied over a longer period of time. Davepetr 20:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: Nice little article, but could a little bit more be said about its uses?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by KagakuKyouju (talk • contribs) 18:02, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses? 

message: This the pitch in the Book of Genesis 6:14 referring to the subject of this article? 05:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genesis 6:14 

message: NO mention of where one is likely to find/buy pitch. I have NO IDEA what kind of shop would sell it. Please help, or update article, in a way that doesn't look out of place in the article.DaveDodgy (talk) 14:49, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In the wiki pitch_(resin) there is a reference to pitch as bitumen, I'm sure that this material is available at bigger shops specialized in construction material. --Intouchwithbertj (talk) 11:28, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You can't buy "pitch". The term is entirely archaic, and doesn't apply to any modern natural or manufactured substance. WCCasey (talk) 00:51, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  where can it be bought 

message: User:LeadSongDog reverted my edit of the lead paragraph of this article, with the note "no evidence of archaic status". In support of my edit, note that the next paragraph says "Pitch was traditionally used...", and "Pitch was also used...". Those statements indicate "archaic status" to me. There's also the statement that pitch "is sometimes still used in the making of torches." Really? Is the making of torches something modern people do? (and where's the evidence for that statement?) Just for fun, try going to the store and asking for "pitch". Anyway, if someone likes it better the other way, I'm fine with that. Just for the record, my version of the paragraph follows: 
:"Pitch is an archaic name for any of a number of viscoelastic, semi-solid polymers. Pitch can be made from petroleum products or plants. A natural semi-solid form of asphalt (also called bitumen) was, in the past, sometimes referred to as pitch. Pitch produced from plants is also known as resin. Some products made from plant resin are also known as rosin. Other archaic names for natural asphalt include "tar" and "asphaltum"." 
BTW - if sourcing is the only issue, cite tagging is more appropriate than reversion. WCCasey (talk) 00:36, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because the material's use has decreased does not make the term archaic. Oxford is quite systematic about noting when a term is archaic, and does not do so for "pitch". Here is recent work indicating that coal tar pitch is still a large scale industrial product. LeadSongDog come howl! 04:01, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archaic term? 

message: In the given photo, why is there a Duracell 9V battery?  Does it have anything to do with the experiment, or is it "product placement"?
Fultie771 (talk) 15:49, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It’s right there in the image description on the commons: “for size comparison”. Just plain Bill (talk) 20:01, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photograph