melamine

melamine
a trimer of cyanamide and a metabolite of the pesticide cyromazine. It is used to produce countertops, glues, fabrics, inks, flame retardants, fertilisers and plastics. Melamine was found as a contaminant in wheat gluten from China that was used in pet food and in aquaculture feed in 2007. Melamine can lead to crystal formation that damages the liver among other effects, and cats and dogs have died from the contaminated food

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  • Melamine — Mélamine  Ne pas confondre avec le pigment mélanine Mélamine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • mélamine — [ melamin ] n. f. • 1835; de melam, substance chimique, et amine ♦ Chim. Composé cyclique contenant trois résidus de cyanamide et servant à la fabrication de résines synthétiques. Ces résines. Plateau de table recouvert de mélamine (MÉLAMINÉ, ÉE… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • mélaminé — mélamine [ melamin ] n. f. • 1835; de melam, substance chimique, et amine ♦ Chim. Composé cyclique contenant trois résidus de cyanamide et servant à la fabrication de résines synthétiques. Ces résines. Plateau de table recouvert de mélamine… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • melamine — ► NOUN ▪ a hard plastic used chiefly for laminated coatings. ORIGIN from German melam (an arbitrary formation denoting an organic chemical compound), + AMINE(Cf. ↑amine) …   English terms dictionary

  • melamine — [mel′ə mēn΄, mel′əmin] n. [Ger melamin < melam, an ammonium thiocyanate distillate < mel < ? + am(monium), AMMONIUM + in, INE3] a white, crystalline, cyclic compound, C3H6N6, containing three cyanamide molecules in its structure, used in …   English World dictionary

  • Melamine — This article is about the chemical compound. For the plastic also called melamine , see melamine resin. Melamine …   Wikipedia

  • Mélamine —  Ne pas confondre avec le pigment mélanine Mélamine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • melamine — /mel euh meen , mel euh meen /, n. Chem. 1. a white, crystalline, slightly water soluble solid, C3N3(NH2)3, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of resins, esp. melamine resins. 2. any of the melamine resins. [1825 35; < G… …   Universalium

  • Mélaminé — panneau de bois mélaminé Le mélaminé est un panneau à base de bois recouvert à chaud et sous pression d une feuille de papier imprégnée de mélamine (à ne pas confondre avec le stratifié qui lui est obtenu en collant une feuille de 0,7 mm à la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • melamine — noun Etymology: German Melamin Date: circa 1835 1. a white crystalline organic base C3H6N6 with a high melting point that is used especially in melamine resins 2. a melamine resin or a plastic made from such a resin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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