Unknown side - Talking about the downstream high-end use of melamine

melamine powder

The poisonous milk powder incident that once caused a sensation in the country made the rare word "melamine" well-known and notorious
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But as a chemical product, melamine still has an unknown side, and it is a bright and high-end side
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At the melamine industry work conference in 2021, based on the analysis of the melamine industry situation, Gu Zongqin, chairman of the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association, put forward the key points of the industry
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The first is to strive to develop the downstream market, and at the same time continue to strengthen the research and development of new downstream products, and extend to the high-end of the chemical industry value chain - the direction of new materials, so as to improve the economic benefits of the industry
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It is very important to vigorously develop high-end products with melamine as the main raw material

Recently, Hualu Hengsheng also briefly analyzed the downstream uses of melamine:

The downstream of melamine is mainly concentrated in traditional fields such as paint, wood, paper, textile and leather
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China is the largest producer of melamine in the world.
Affected by downstream industry construction and international market demand, melamine production has maintained a strong growth momentum
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Under the background of overcapacity, domestic melamine is still expanding production and increasing efficiency
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It is very important to increase the R&D, promotion and transformation and application of high value-added products in the downstream of the industrial chain, and vigorously develop high-end products with melamine as the main raw material
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Melamine foam is one of the representative downstream high-end products

In 1996, the German BASF company launched the soft melamine foam for the first time, which attracted great attention from the industry
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Melamine foam is a new type of foam with a three-dimensional grid structure and an opening rate of more than 99%.
It is made of high-temperature foaming of melamine resin
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Melamine foam has good comprehensive properties such as sound absorption, flame retardant, heat insulation, and heat resistance, and there is no residual free formaldehyde.
Therefore, it has important applications in civil, industrial, construction, transportation, aviation, military, daily chemical and electronic fields application potential and investment value
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Melamine foam has lower bulk density and chemical resistance than other similar plastic foams, more outstanding sound absorption, especially the absorption of low-frequency noise, excellent thermal stability, aging resistance and flame retardancy, and is expected to be It has huge market potential to replace foamed plastics such as polystyrene and polyurethane
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Application areas of melamine foam

As a new type of environmentally friendly material, melamine foam can be used in the seat cushions of trains, planes and other vehicles to reduce self-weight and reduce energy consumption such as fuel, and its unique flame retardant properties can also improve driving safety
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Melamine foamed plastic sheets can be used as sound-absorbing and flame-retardant materials, and are used in cinemas, conference rooms and other places
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In addition, melamine foam is also widely used in air duct insulation, industrial equipment and pipeline insulation, thermal insulation and so on
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The wide application of melamine in related high-end products will drive the consumption of melamine-related markets, ease the market pressure caused by excess capacity, and provide a strong guarantee for the sustainable development of the melamine industry in the future
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