- Industry: Printing & publishing
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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.
Yb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> A colorless compound, melts at 2346_C, dissolves in hot dilute acids; used to prepare alloys, ceramics, and special glasses. Also known as ytterbia.
Industry:Chemistry
1. BeO<sub>2</sub> <sub>2</sub>_ An ion containing beryllium and oxygen. 2. A salt produced by the reaction of a strong alkali such as sodium hydroxide with beryllium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
Pertaining to or composed of chemical compounds that do not contain carbon as the principal element (excepting carbonates, cyanides, and cyanates), that is, matter other than plant or animal.
Industry:Chemistry
K<sub>4</sub>Fe(CN)<sub>6</sub>_3H<sub>2</sub>O Yellow crystals with saline taste; soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; loses water at 60_C; used in medicine, dry colors, explosives, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as yellow prussiate of potash.
Industry:Chemistry
HSC:N A colorless, water-soluble liquid decomposing at 200_C; used to inhibit paper deterioration due to the action of light, and (in the form of organic esters) as an insecticide. Also known as rhodanic acid; sulfocyanic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
The gestures, objects, and language that form the basis of human communication.
Industry:Sociology
The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.
Industry:Sociology
Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.
Industry:Sociology
The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
Industry:Sociology
