cyanuric acid

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cy·a·nu·ric acid

(sī′ə-no͝or′ĭk, -nyo͝or′-)

A white crystalline acid, C₃H₃N₃O₃, that decomposes with heating to form cyanic acid gas, used in manufacture of sanitizers and herbicides.

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cy′a•nu′ric ac′id

(ˈsaɪ əˈnʊər ɪk, -ˈnyʊər-, ˌsaɪ-)
n.

a white crystalline solid, C₃H₃O₃N₃∙2H₂O, used chiefly in organic synthesis.

[1875–80; cyan- + uric]

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cyanuric acid - a trimer of cyanic acid

acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

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Melamine in combination with cyanuric acid becomes more toxic as compared to either melamine or cyanuric acid alone (Thompson et al., 2008; Yhee et al., 2009).

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The team also cultured feces from young male rats and demonstrated that melamine was directly converted to cyanuric acid by fecal bacteria.

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In October 2008, the FDA issued new rules governing the analysis of melamine and cyanuric acid in infant formulations.

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