Often used as a bleaching agent, bactericide or herbicide ingredient or raw material.
The crystal water was lost when heated to 150 °C. Depolymerization occurs when heated to form cyanic acid. It reacts with phosphorus pentachloride to form cyanuric chloride.
Ruminants digest cyanuric acid and are therefore widely added to animal feed. The FDA has specified the highest level of cyanuric acid + triuret <30%.