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melamine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cyanuramide |
| Type of | alkali, base |
Examples of melamine
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The breakfast bar is made of high-pressure melamine laminate with drawers added.
From the courier-journal.com
The FDA now says that up to one part per million of melamine in formula is safe.
From the washingtonpost.com
The changes come after the industry was battered by the recent melamine scandal.
From the washingtonpost.com
Melamine is used to make plastics and fertilizer and is banned in food in China.
From the kentucky.com
Melamine was originally used to make durable plastic for dishes and countertops.
From the sciencedaily.com
Tests showed the latest batch of eggs had 4.7 ppm of melamine, BBC News reported.
From the washingtonpost.com
The outbreak was traced to milk-based baby formulas contaminated with melamine.
From the usatoday.com
All were part of a system that allowed a network of melamine dealers to thrive.
From the washingtonpost.com
Melamine is rich in nitrogen, which registers as protein on many routine tests.
From the omaha.com
- A white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins
- Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. ...
- A highly resistant, exceptionally strong plastic laminate material sometimes used in buttons.
- Particle board coated with a plastic material which is used in concrete countertops because of its smoothness.
- Strictly melamine resin or melamine formaldehyde, a polymer of cyanamide and formaldehyde
- In furniture: a resin made from the organic base, melamine, to make a thin laminate.
- Thin waterproof plastic used to cover an inferior material.
- A rigid, brittle, thermosetting, laminated engraving stock (often incorrectly referred to as phenolic).
- A slick plastic-like material used to cover a substrate of particleboard or MDF. This material is popular because it is durable and easy to clean.
