triazine

[ trahy-uh-zeen, -zin, trahy-az-een, -in ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
2. any of a number of their derivatives.

triazine

/ traɪˈæziːn; ˈtraɪəzɪn; -zɪn; ˈtraɪəˌziːn; -zɪn; traɪˈæzɪn /

noun

1. any of three azines that contain three nitrogen atoms in their molecules. Formula: C 3 H 3 N 3
2. any substituted derivative of any of these compounds

Word History and Origins

Origin of triazine¹

First recorded in 1890–95; tri- + azine

Example Sentences

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.

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To speed this transport even more, Yang and his team also modified their triazine starting materials so that the rigid pores were lined with negatively charged sulfonate groups.

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And Lee notes that although the chemistry of the triazine compounds makes them ideally suited for working in water, they may not hold up to acidic or alkaline electrolytes used in other electrochemical devices.

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