Do you have shiny, plastic cookware and plates in your kitchen? Most of these plates are made of melamine.
Melamine is an organic compound which is mostly made of nitrogen. It is used to make a lot of industrial products like dinnerware, adhesives, glues, coatings and flame retardants.
These days, urea is used as a starting material for the production of melamine. It can also be made from dicyandiamide or hydrogen cyanide. Urea is broken down and reacted to form melamine-formaldehyde resins.
This can be moulded into different shapes forming dishes, handles, containers and so on.
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