Definition of Cyanuramide

1. Noun. A white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins.

Exact synonyms: Melamine
Generic synonyms: Alkali, Base

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyanuramide

cyanosis retinae
cyanosite
cyanotic
cyanotic asphyxia
cyanotic atrophy
cyanotic atrophy of the liver
cyanotic induration
cyanotoxin
cyanotoxins
cyanotrichite
cyanotrichites
cyanotype
cyanotypes
cyans
cyanthropy
cyanuramide (current term)
cyanurate
cyanurates
cyanuret
cyanurets
cyanuria
cyanuric
cyanuric acid
cyanuric acid amidohydrolase
cyathi
cyathia
cyathiform
cyatholith
cyatholiths

Literary usage of Cyanuramide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1853)
"It dissolves readily in water, but the solution, when evaporated, leaves a nearly insoluble residue, probably cyanuramide. Cyanamide dissolves without ..."

2. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry: The Chemistry of Carbon and by Henry Edward Armstrong (1884)
"When heated to 150°, cyanamide solidifies with considerable evolution of heat, and is converted into cyanuramide or melamine, ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"The latter compound is also called melamine and cyanuramide, and from certain methods of formation it is concluded that it is the amide of cyanuric acid. ..."

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