Melamine

Word MELAMINE
Character 8
Hyphenation mel a mine
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Melamine"

What do we mean by melamine?

A white crystalline compound, C3H6N6, used in making melamine resins and waterproof coatings, for tanning leather, and as an additive to fertilizer to regulate the rate of nitrogen release. Melamine has also been used as an illicit and harmful additive to foodstuffs to increase the apparent amount of protein present based upon assays for nitrogen. noun

A plastic made from melamine resin. noun

A colorless compound, formed, together with melam, by heating ammonium cyanate. It crystallizes in monoclinic prisms. Also called cyanuramide, triguanide, and triurethriamidin. noun

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° C, decomposing at 345° C. Density 1.573. noun

A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, tri-amino-triazine, used, in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins such as Formica™ noun

A white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins noun

A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica

Stuff found in crappy appartment kitchens all over North America. It's basically an off-white plastic that absorbs crap like cigarette smoke like nuts and turns yellow. Popular in the 80's, god knows why. God knows why most things in the 80's were popular. If you have melamine, do yourself the favor of either removing it or setting your house on fire. Urban Dictionary

When your food supply has been poisoned by some unknown toxic plastic chemical from a third world country. Experts agree that we should not worry and keep eating because it is healthy for the stock market. Urban Dictionary

The sweetest, most caring and wonderful person to ever exist. Has completed the life of someone who loves him more than anything. Also known as baby, sweetie, hun, babe, Meleth e-guilen, and kuu hokunaniloa. Urban Dictionary

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The word "melamine" in example sentences

Often, the term melamine is used both for the chemical substance as well as the plastic endproducts that contain the substance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Be careful Del, if it comes from wallyworld it may (likely) contain melamine and/or lead, for reasons unknown to me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Then the focus quickly shifted to a chemical called melamine, which is used primarily in the making of plastics. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Zhang Yujun ran a workshop that produced a chemical called melamine that was reportedly the largest source of melamine in China. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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! ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the addition of melamine, which is high in nitrogen, helps the milk appear to meet nutrition standards by artificially raising its protein count. ❋ Phil Razem (2008)

According to a report in the New York Times, the milk used in the formula was first watered down and then supplemented with melamine, which is high in nitrogen, to artificially boost the apparent protein content. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Chinese milk melamine contamination scandal, in particular, will be far from over, since FDA recently decided it is fine for American babies to consume formula that contains melamine, which is a reversal of their previous position that there was no acceptable level of melamine in baby foods. ❋ Eddie Gehman Kohan (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The FDA claims the melamine was the cause of an as yet uncounted number of cat and dog poisonings and deaths. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On March 30, [2007], the FDA reported finding a widely used compound called melamine in the suspect pet foods. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You'd think, just maybe, the pink bag with the word "melamine" on it might have been a bit of a giveaway, yet on Tuesday, April 17, when I asked the FDA to confirm or deny an impending recall, and specifically mentioned that my source said "the rice protein concentrate has 'melamine' listed on the bag," the FDA categorically denied the rumor, insisting that the information on its website "is up to date." ❋ Unknown (2008)

In a scandal that made global headlines last month, it emerged melamine, which is normally used to make plastics, had been routinely mixed into watered-down Chinese milk to give it the appearance of higher protein levels. ❋ Jan (2008)

"[Shit man]...we're paying [800] [bucks] a month for THIS melamine crap?" ❋ Panjandrum (2005)

Dude, after [eating] that [taco], [I swear] that I have been melamined. ❋ Deborah Liberatore (2007)

My [amazing boyfriend], [Cameron Purser]... ❋ Meleth Lin (2005)

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