Cyanuramide

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cyanuramide
       n : a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making
           melamine resins [syn: {melamine}]