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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.
Si<sub>3</sub> N<sub>4</sub> A white, water-insoluble powder, resistant to thermal shock and to chemical reagents; used as a catalyst support and for stator blades of high-temperature gas turbines.
Industry:Chemistry
CaWO<sub>4</sub> White, tetragonal crystals, slightly soluble in water; used in manufacture of luminous paints. Also known as artificial scheelite; calcium wolframate.
Industry:Chemistry
MgCl<sub>2</sub>_6H<sub>2</sub>O Deliquescent white crystals; soluble in water and alcohol; used in disinfectants and fire extinguishers, and in ceramics, textiles, and paper manufacture.
Industry:Chemistry
SiBr<sub>4</sub> A fuming, colorless liquid that yellows in air; disagreeable aroma; boils at 153_C. Also known as silicon bromide.
Industry:Chemistry
A reaction product of zinc with an alkali metal or with ammonia; for example, sodium zincate, Na<sub>2</sub>ZnO<sub>2</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>COC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub> A diphenyl ketone, boiling point 305.9_C, occurring in four polymorphic forms (_, _, _, and _) each with different melting point; used as a constituent of synthetic perfumes and as a chemical intermediate. Also known as diphenyl ketone; phenyl ketone.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>CH(OH)CH<sub>2</sub>CHO A colorless, thick liquid with a boiling point of 83°C; used in manufacturing rubber age resistors, accelerators, and vulcanizers.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>20</sub>H<sub>12</sub> A five-ring aromatic hydrocarbon found in coal tar, in cigarette smoke, and as a product of incomplete combustion; yellow crystals with a melting point of 179_C; soluble in benzene, toluene, and xylene.
Industry:Chemistry
