- 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.
PuO<sub>2</sub> A radioactively poisonous pyrophoric oxide of plutonium; particles may be easily airborne.
Industry:Chemistry
BaBr<sub>2</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O Colorless crystals soluble in water and alcohol; used in photographic compounds.
Industry:Chemistry
BaCO<sub>3</sub> A white powder with a melting point of 174_C; soluble in acids (except sulfuric acid); used in rodenticides, ceramic flux, optical glass, and television picture tubes.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound containing hydrogen and another element; examples are H<sub>2</sub>S, which is a hydride although it may be properly called hydrogen sulfide, and lithium hydride, LiH.
Industry:Chemistry
Ba(ClO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_H<sub>2</sub>O A salt prepared by the reaction of barium chloride and sodium chlorate; it forms colorless, monoclinic crystals, soluble in water; used in pyrotechnics.
Industry:Chemistry
K<sub>2</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>_3H<sub>2</sub>O Water-soluble, alcohol-insoluble, lustrous crystals; used as a dyeing and printing mordant, and as a paper sizing.
Industry:Chemistry
BaCl<sub>2</sub> A toxic salt obtained as colorless, water-soluble cubic crystals, melting at 963_C; used as a rat poison, in metal surface treatment, and as a laboratory reagent.
Industry:Chemistry
HBr A solution of hydrogen bromide in water, usually 40%; a clear, colorless liquid; used in medicine, analytical chemistry, and synthesis of organic compounds.
Industry:Chemistry
BaCrO<sub>4</sub> A toxic salt that forms yellow, rhombic crystals, insoluble in water; used as a pigment in overglazes.
Industry:Chemistry
HCl A solution of hydrogen chloride gas in water; a poisonous, pungent liquid forming a constant-boiling mixture at 20% concentration in water; widely used as a reagent, in organic synthesis, in acidizing oil wells, ore reduction, food processing, and metal cleaning and pickling. Also known as muriatic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
