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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
BCl<sub>3</sub> A colorless liquid used as a catalyst and in refining of aluminum, magnesium, zinc, and copper.
Industry:Chemistry
PbF<sub>2</sub> A crystalline solid with a melting point of 824_C; used for laser crystals and electronic and optical applications.
Industry:Chemistry
LiCl_<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>OA colorless, water-soluble compound, forming octahedral crystals and melting at 614_C; used to form concentrated brine in commercial air-conditioning systems and as a pyrotechnic in welding and brazing fluxes.
Industry:Chemistry
Sc<sub>2</sub> O<sub>3</sub> White powder, soluble in hot acids; used to prepare scandium. Also known as scandia.
Industry:Chemistry
VC Hard, black crystals, melting at 2800_C, boiling at 3900_C; insoluble in acids, except nitric acid; used in cutting-tool alloys and as a steel additive.
Industry:Chemistry
CaCN<sub>2</sub> In pure form, colorless rhombohedral crystals, the commercial form being a gray material containing 55–70% CaCN<sub>2</sub>; used as a fertilizer, weed killer, and defoliant.
Industry:Chemistry
LiF Poisonous, white powder melting at 870_C, boiling at 1670_C; insoluble in alcohol, slightly soluble in water, and soluble in acids; used as a heat-exchange medium, as a welding and soldering flux, in ceramics, and as crystals in infrared instruments.
Industry:Chemistry
Sc<sub>2</sub> (SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> Water-soluble, colorless crystals.
Industry:Chemistry
VCl<sub>2</sub> Toxic, green crystals, soluble in alcohol and ether; decomposes in hot water; used as a reducing agent. Also known as vanadous chloride.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(CN)<sub>2</sub> In pure form, a white powder that gives off hydrogen cyanide in air at normal humidity; prepared commercially in impure black or gray flakes; used as an insecticide and rodenticide. Also known as black cyanide.
Industry:Chemistry
