melamine
IPA: mˈɛɫʌmin
noun
- (chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
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Examples of "melamine" in Sentences
- Then the focus quickly shifted to a chemical called melamine, which is used primarily in the making of plastics.
- Be careful Del, if it comes from wallyworld it may (likely) contain melamine and/or lead, for reasons unknown to me.
- Often, the term melamine is used both for the chemical substance as well as the plastic endproducts that contain the substance.
- Zhang Yujun ran a workshop that produced a chemical called melamine that was reportedly the largest source of melamine in China.
- The pet food was largely poisoned by a chemical reaction which included a product called melamine, which is used in fertilizer and plastics, mixed with wheat glutin.
- China said this week that milk powder contaminated with melamine, which is used in plastics, had made at least 6,200 babies ill nationwide and killed four over a period of many months.
- An investigation showed that some milk suppliers were adding the industrial chemical melamine, which is used to make plastic, to their milk production to make it appear higher in protein.
- This episode got me thinking more about melamine, which is mostly associated with cheap white furniture we find at big box stores and hard plastic plates decorated with cartoon characters, and how it could have possibly ended up in food!
- Just this past winter, more than 300,000 Chinese children were sickened, and at least six died, as a resulted of consuming milk deliberately laced with the industrial chemical melamine, which is used in manufacturing plastic products but also creates a false positive for protein testing.
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