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Environmental requirements and demands from the coal industry have resulted in a boom in briquetting technology in China. In this work, a low-volatility bituminous coal from the Changcun mine and bentonite binders are used for briquetting. The compressive strength, impact strength, and thermal stability of briquettes made using different binder concentration are deter-mined. The morphology and distribution of binders in briquettes are studied by optical microscopy and digital image-processing technologies. The concept of roundness is introduced to indicate the pressure to which the binders are subjected during briquetting. The influences of binder morphology on briquette strength are discussed. The binders are mainly in aggregated and dispersed forms, present in similar proportions in the briquettes. Aggregated binders with large differences in size are not well-distributed. Binder roundness values are concentrated between 1.5 and 4.0, which indicates that most aggregated binders are compressed and conform well to the surfaces of coal particles. A few binders had roundness value approximating 1 or above 4, which indicated that these were under little pressure or overloaded, respectively. The relationships between briquette strength and binder morphology show that aggregated binders are detrimental to mechanical strength while dispersed binders benefit briquetting.