triazine

noun

: any of three compounds C3H3N3 containing a ring composed of three carbon and three nitrogen atoms
also : any of various derivatives of these including several (such as atrazine and simazine) used as herbicides

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To get around this, researchers led by Zhengjin Yang, a chemist at the University of Science and Technology of China, manufactured a series of membranes from a polymer known as a triazine framework. Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 26 Apr. 2023 Two Mitsubishi Gas Chemical factories in the affected area made almost the entire world's supply of an epoxy resin called bismaleimide triazine, or BT. Erik Sherman, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2020

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First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of triazine was in 1894

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“Triazine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triazine. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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