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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.
(_H<sub>2</sub>CCHF_)x Vinyl fluoride polymer; has superior resistance to weather, chemicals, oils, and stains, and has high strength; used for packaging (but not of food) and electrical equipment.
Industry:Chemistry
Polymer made by the interreaction of two or more kinds of olefin monomers, such as butylene and propylene.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>2</sub>N<sub>2</sub> An alkaloid obtained primarily from the plant nux vomica, formerly used for therapeutic stimulation of the central nervous system.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> A colorless, flammable gas, boiling at _102.7_C; used as an agricultural chemical, in medicine, and for the manufacture of organic chemicals and polyethylene. Also known as ethene; olefiant gas.
Industry:Chemistry
K<sub>2</sub>C<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>_H<sub>2</sub>O Odorless, efflorescent, water-soluble, colorless crystals; decomposes when heated; used in analytical chemistry and photography and as a bleach and oxalic acid source.
Industry:Chemistry
Thermoplastic polymer of vinylidene chloride, H<sub>2</sub>C_CCl<sub>2</sub>; white powder softening at 185–200_C; used to make soft-flexible to rigid products.
Industry:Chemistry
(CH<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>CO Odorless, colorless solid with low melting point; soluble in water and organic solvents; used as a polymer and resin solvent, in solvent extraction, and in organic syntheses.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>17</sub>H<sub>33</sub>COOH Yellowish, unsaturated fatty acid with lardlike aroma; soluble in organic solvents, slightly soluble in water; boils at 286_C (100 mmHg); the main component of olive and cooking oils; used in soaps, ointments, cosmetics, and ore beneficiation. Also known as octadecenoic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>7</sub>KO<sub>2</sub> A crystalline compound, more soluble in water than in alcohol; decomposes above 270_C; used to inhibit mold and yeast growth in food.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>15</sub>N(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>Br Crystals with a melting point of 237–243_C; soluble in alcohol, water, and sparingly in acetone; used as a cationic detergent, antiseptic, and precipitant for nucleic acids and mucopolysaccharides.
Industry:Chemistry
