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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.
Zn(AsO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub> A toxic white powder that is insoluble in water, soluble in alkalies; used as an insecticide and timber preservative. Also known as zinc meta-arsenite.
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
A hexose, such as glucose or mannose, containing the aldehyde group.
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
Any of several esters of nitric acid, produced by treating cotton or some other form of cellulose with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids; used as explosive and propellant. Also known as nitrocellulose; nitrocotton.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>19</sub>H<sub>36</sub>(OH)(COOH)<sub>3</sub> An acid with melting point 141°C; soluble in water, insoluble in benzene; used as an irritant. Also known as agaricin.
Industry:Chemistry
