c3h6n6

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c3h6n6 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 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[deg] C, decomposing at 345[deg] C. Density
     1.573. --HCP61
     [1913 Webster + PJC] melamine resin