Write some properties and uses of melamine.
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Melamine and its salts are used as fire-retardant additives in paints, plastics, and paper. A melamine fibre, Basofil, has low thermal conductivity, excellent flame resistance and is self-extinguishing; this makes it useful for flame-resistant protective clothing, either alone or as a blend with other fibres.
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➤ Properties of melamine :-
✴ Melamine is highly stable and can resist high temperature exposure as well as physical and chemical degradation.
✴Melamine is also a flame retardant and
also possesses properties like hardness,
scratch and moisture resistance.
➤ Uses of melamine :-
◎● Melamine are used for the manufacture of melamine resins.
◎● Melamine consists 67% Nitrogen hence it is used as a fertilizer.
◎● Melamine is also added to some foods to increase the content of protein.
◎● It is often used as a pesticide.
◎● Melamine has high fire retardant
properties, so it is used as additive in
paints, papers, plastics etc.