Melamine resin with Apllication

                              Melamine resin or melamine formaldehyde (melamine) is a hard thermosetting plastic material made from melamine and formaldehyde by polymerization. In its butylated form, it is dissolved in n-butanol and xylene. It is used to cross-link with alkyd, epoxy, acrylic, and polyester resins, which used in surface coatings. There are many types, varying from very slow to very fast curing. It was discovered by William F. Talbot.


                      Melamine resin is often used in kitchen utensils and plates (like Melmac). Melamine resin utensils and bowls are not microwave safe. As with all thermosetting materials, melamine resin cannot be melted. Therefore, cannot be recycled through melting.
During the late 1950s and 1960s melamine tableware became highly fashionable. Aided crucially by the stylish modern designs of A. H. Woodfull and the Product Design Unit of British Industrial Plastics, it was thought to threaten the dominant position of ceramics in the market. The tendency of melamine cups and plates to stain and scratch led sales to decline in the late 1960s, however, and eventually the material became largely restricted to the camping and nursery market.






This picture is melamine plate