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cyanuramide
(encz) | cyanuramide, n: |
cyanuramide
(gcide) | melamine \mel"a*mine\ (m[e^]l"[.a]*m[=e]n) n. (Chem.)
A nitrogenous strongly basic chemical substance (C3H6N6),
structurally 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine, produced from
several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white
crystalline substance; -- formerly supposed to be produced by
the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide. It is
used as one of the starting components (together with
formaldehyde) in the preparation of melamine resins,
including the commercially marketed Formica (TM). It is
solid at room temperature, and sublimes at temperatures
approaching 250[deg] C, decomposing at 345[deg] C. Density
1.573. --HCP61
[1913 Webster + PJC] melamine resin |
cyanuramide
(wn) | cyanuramide
n 1: a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making
melamine resins [syn: melamine, cyanuramide] |
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