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  2. Melamine - Wikipedia

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    Melamine foam is used as insulation, soundproofing material and in polymeric cleaning products, such as Magic Eraser. Melamine is one of the major components in Pigment Yellow 150, a colorant in inks and plastics. Melamine also is used in the fabrication of melamine polysulfonate, used as a superplasticizer for making high-resistance concrete.

  3. California Proposition 65 list of chemicals - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of chemicals published as a requirement of Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as California Proposition 65, that are "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity" as of January 3, 2020.

  4. Melamine resin - Wikipedia

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    The principal use of melamine resin is as the main constituent of high-pressure laminates, such as Formica and Arborite, and of laminate flooring. Melamine-resin tile wall panels can also be used as whiteboards. Melamine formaldehyde is used in plastic laminate and overlay materials.

  5. Melamine foam - Wikipedia

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    Melamine foam is a foam -like material consisting of a melamine-formaldehyde condensate. It is the active component of a number of abrasive cleaner sponges, notably the Magic Eraser . It is also used as thermal insulation and as a soundproofing material.

  6. Melanin - Wikipedia

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    Micrograph of the epidermis, with melanin labeled at left. Melanin ( / ˈmɛlənɪn / ⓘ; from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas) 'black, dark') is a family of biomolecules organized as oligomers or polymers, which among other functions provide the pigments of many organisms. [1] Melanin pigments are produced in a specialized group of cells ...

  7. Melam (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Melam (N2-(4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine) is a condensation product of melamine. Synthesis. Melam was discovered by Liebig in 1834 from the residue of heating ammonium thiocyanate. Chemical property. In the presence of 30% ammonia, melam undergoes hydrolysis to form ammeline and melamine.

  8. Laminate flooring - Wikipedia

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    Laminate flooring is often made of melamine resin, a compound made with formaldehyde. The formaldehyde is more tightly bound in melamine formaldehyde (MF) than it is in urea-formaldehyde (UF), reducing emissions and potential health effects.

  9. CorningWare - Wikipedia

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    CorningWare. Corning Ware, also written CorningWare, was originally a brand name for a unique glass-ceramic ( Pyroceram) cookware resistant to thermal shock. It was first introduced in 1958 by Corning Glass Works (later Corning Inc.) in the United States. The brand was later spun off with the sale of the Corning Consumer Products Company ...

  10. Melmac - Wikipedia

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    Melmac is: A brand name of dinnerware molded from Melamine resin, made by American Cyanamid, most popular in the 1940s through the 1960s. The fictional planet and homeworld to the alien life form in the eponymously titled sitcom ALF (TV series) (see also New Melmac) A Staten Island, NY based ska band from the late 1990s.

  11. Decorative laminate - Wikipedia

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    Decorative laminate. Decorative laminates are laminated products primarily used as furniture surface materials or wall paneling. It can be manufactured as either high- or low-pressure laminate, with the two processes not much different from each other except for the pressure applied in the pressing process.