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Hexamine vs Hexazine - What's the difference?

hexamine | hexazine |

As nouns the difference between hexamine and hexazine

is that hexamine is an organic polyamine, (CH2)6N4, having a cagelike structure similar to adamantane, prepared from formaldehyde and ammonia; it has many industrial, commercial and scientific uses while hexazine is the allotrope of nitrogen (N6) composed of a ring of six atoms.

hexamine

English

Noun

(wikipedia hexamine)
  • (chemistry) an organic polyamine, (CH2)6N4, having a cagelike structure similar to adamantane, prepared from formaldehyde and ammonia; it has many industrial, commercial and scientific uses

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a food preservative * methamine * urotropine English words suffixed with -amine

    hexazine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hexazine) (-)
  • (inorganic chemistry) The allotrope of nitrogen (N6) composed of a ring of six atoms