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melamine Chem.|ˈmɛləmiːn, -aɪn|
Also -in.
[Named by Liebig in 1834; f. melam) + amine.]
1. A crystalline substance obtained by boiling melam with potassic hydrate, or by heating cyanamide to 302°; called also cyanuramide.
1835Rec. Gen. Sci. I. 185 Melamine. 1836–41Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 577 Melamin. 1844Fownes Chem. 468 Melamine.
2. Also Melamine. Melamine resin, or a plastic derived from it.
1940Plastics IV. 162/3 The Westinghouse panels for refrigerators making use of the new plastic were made, initially at least, with a white ‘Melamine’ coating over phenolic laminated sheet. 1943Jrnl. Oil & Colour Chem. Assoc. XXVI. 187 There has been some tendency to regard melamine and melamine resin as meaning the same thing. 1958Spectator 26 Sept. 406/3 Much of the tough new plastic tableware is made of melamine. 1972Daily Tel. 6 June 13/4 Young couples usually eat in the kitchen, and kitchen/dining tables with white melamine tops are attractive. 1973‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Starry Bird ii. 20 Charles.. poured him a noggin..into a yellow Melamine cup.
3. attrib. and Comb.: melamine-formaldehyde, melamine-surfaced adjs.; melamine resin, any of the synthetic resins made by the condensation of melamine with an aldehyde, used in making tableware, as coatings for working surfaces, in adhesives, and for treating cloth and paper.
1941Industr. & Engin. Chem. June 771/2 In order that melamine-formaldehyde resins are to be of use to the paint and varnish industry. 1962J. T. Marsh Self-Smoothing Fabrics vi. 81 Melamine-formaldehyde finishes suffer little loss in strength on chlorination but the fabric becomes yellow. 1967Times Rev. Industry June 74/3 No kitchen interior is acceptable to-day without its melamine-formaldehyde laminated surfaces.
1939Brit. Plastics June 28/2 (heading) Creaseless fabrics containing melamine resin. 1943Jrnl. Oil & Colour Chem. Assoc. XXVI. 192 The American paint industry is showing a great interest in melamine resins. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIV. 216/2 Melamine resins are especially valuable as adhesives for laminates of paper or fabrics.
1960Times 16 Mar. (Canberra Suppl.) p. viii/5 Bulkheads and deckheads..will be covered in either melamine-surfaced laminated plastic, or the softer material commonly known as P.V.C. 1971Woman's Own 27 Mar. 53/3 Elegant shelves can be made from white melamine-surfaced Contiplas. |