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
Typically, melamine-induced kidney stones are crystals of melamine comingled with a chemical relative called cyanuric acid.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 13, 2013
Over 36 hours, the amount of melamine decreased and cyanuric acid appeared in the container, demonstrating that bacteria in the poop were converting melamine to cyanuric acid.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 13, 2013
The researchers winnowed down the suspects to bacteria called Klebsiella and found that this microbe on its own processed melamine into cyanuric acid and other byproducts.
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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