cyanuric acid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cyanuric acid
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Moreover, the rats on antibiotics excreted twice as much melamine, likely because there were no bacteria present to convert melamine to cyanuric acid.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 13, 2013
"It only takes a small amount of cyanuric acid to trigger the stone formation and kidney toxicity," says Wei Jia, a pharmacologist from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 13, 2013
But cyanuric acid was not in the infant formula, so it was initially unclear why kidney stones formed in the children.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 13, 2013
They wondered if bacteria had converted some melamine to cyanuric acid.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 13, 2013
And, again inversely, cyamelide can be converted into cyanuric acid and hydrated cyanic acid.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von
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