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
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