Melamines
"Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. It is formed in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine. It has been reported that cyromazine can also be converted to melamine in plants."(Wikipedia 12/10/2008)
Recent US Patents
To go to the text version of the patent, click on US Patent Number Search and enter the patent number in the search box. 8/11/2009 7,572,856 Process for preparing a flame retardant polyamide compound 6/16/2009 7,547,738 Free flowing melamine cyanurate agglomerate 1/27/2009 7,482,405 Cement additive
Recent Journal Articles
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Review Articles
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Editor's Notes
As the literature is reviewed, and items of interest concerning this topic are found. These may be added in an abbreviated form with the reference. Readers and contributors are invited to add their own notes. Contributors may add them directly and other readers can simply send their notes to the editor, Roger Corneliussen at rcorneliussen@4spe.org. He may edit and add them to this page at his discretion.