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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.
K<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>3</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O Water-soluble, white crystals; used in medicine and photography.
Industry:Chemistry
BN A binary compound of boron and nitrogen, especially a white, fluffy powder with high chemical and thermal stability and high electrical resistance.
Industry:Chemistry
Pb(CN)<sub>2</sub> Poisonous white to yellow powder; slightly soluble in water, decomposed by acids; used in metallurgy.
Industry:Chemistry
Na<sub>3</sub> PO<sub>4</sub> A water-soluble crystalline compound; used as a cleaning compound and as a water softener. Abbreviated TSP. Also known as tertiary sodium phosphate; trisodium orthophosphate.
Industry:Chemistry
PbO<sub>2</sub> Poisonous brown crystals that decompose when heated; insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid; used as an oxidizing agent, in electrodes, batteries, matches, and explosives, as a textile mordant, in dye manufacture, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as anhydrous plumbic acid; brown lead oxide; lead peroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
KCNS Water- and alcohol-soluble, colorless, odorless hygroscopic crystals with saline taste; decomposes at 500_C; used as an analytical reagent and in freezing mixtures, chemicals manufacture, textile printing and dyeing, and photographic chemicals.
Industry:Chemistry
BCl<sub>3</sub> A colorless liquid used as a catalyst and in refining of aluminum, magnesium, zinc, and copper.
Industry:Chemistry
M<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>4</sub> A salt of tungstic acid; for example, sodium tungstate, Na<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>4</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
RaBr<sub>2</sub> Water-soluble, poisonous, radioactive white powder, corrosive to skin or flesh; melts at 728_C; used in medicine, physical research, and luminous paint.
Industry:Chemistry
PbSiF<sub>6</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O Poisonous, colorless, water-soluble crystals; used in the electrolytic method for refining lead.
Industry:Chemistry
