noun
mellon
MEH-lon
noun
1
A hard, nitrogen-rich polymer formed by heating and linking tri-s-triazine units together.
"Mellon is a graphite-like material studied for its heat resistance and potential in advanced materials research."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA specialised chemistry term for a particular nitrogen-carbon polymer, not something you would encounter outside a lab or textbook.
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Etymology
An arbitrary coinage, formed by analogy with chemical names ending in -one.