- 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.
CNBr White crystals melting at 52_C, vaporizing at 61.3_C, and having toxic fumes that affect nerve centers; used in the synthesis of organic compounds and as a fumigant.
Industry:Chemistry
NaH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> White crystals that are slightly hygroscopic, soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; used in baking powders and acid cleansers, and as a cattle-food supplement.
Industry:Chemistry
Immanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.
Industry:Sociology
(NaPO<sub>3</sub>)x Sodium phosphate groupings; cyclic forms range from x _ 3 for the trimetaphosphate, to x _ 10 for the decametaphosphate; sodium hexametaphosphate with x _ 10 to 20 is probably a polymer; used for dental polishing, building detergents, and water softening, and as a sequestrant, emulsifier, and food additive.
Industry:Chemistry
CrCl<sub>3</sub> Crystals that are pinkish violet shimmering plates, almost insoluble in water, but easily soluble in presence of minute traces of chromous chloride; used in calico printing, as a mordant for cotton and silk.
Industry:Chemistry
NaNH<sub>2</sub> White crystals that decompose in water; melts at 210_C; a fire hazard; used to make sodium cyanide. Also known as sodamide.
Industry:Chemistry
ClCN A poisonous, colorless gas or liquid, soluble in water; used in organic synthesis.
Industry:Chemistry
An oxide of an element of group 2 in the periodic table, such as barium, calcium, and strontium. Also known as alkaline-earth oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
Mn(OH)<sub>2</sub> Heat-decomposable white-pink crystals; insoluble in water and alkali, soluble in acids; occurs in nature as pyrochroite. Also known as manganese hydroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
Nd<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> A hygroscopic, blue-gray powder; insoluble in water, soluble in acids; used to color glass and in ceramic capacitors.
Industry:Chemistry
