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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.
C<sub>9</sub>H<sub>19</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>OH Pale-yellow liquid boiling at 283–302_C; soluble in organic solvents, insoluble in water; a mixture of monoalkyl phenol isomers, mostly para-substituted; used to make surface-active agents, resins, and plasticizers.
Industry:Chemistry
(H<sub>2</sub>CCHOOCCH<sub>3</sub>)x A thermoplastic polymer; insoluble in water, gasoline, oils, and fats, soluble in ketones, alcohols, benzene, esters, and chlorinated hydrocarbons; used in adhesives, films, lacquers, inks, latex paints, and paper sizes. Abbreviated PVA; PVAc.
Industry:Chemistry
The condition of a polymer whose molecular structure has a fixed spatial (geometric) arrangement of its constituent atoms, thus having crystalline properties; for example, synthetic natural rubber, cis-polyisoprene.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>Cl A colorless gas, liquefying at 12.2_C, slightly soluble in water; used as a solvent, in medicine, and as an intermediate. Also known as chloroethane.
Industry:Chemistry
The radical C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub> _ found, for example, in benzyl alcohol, C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>15</sub>H<sub>33</sub>OH A colorless wax, insoluble in water although a solution in kerosine forms an insoluble film on water.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>NNNHC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub> Golden yellow scales with a melting point of 96_C; soluble in alcohol, ether, and benzene; used for dyes and insecticides.
Industry:Chemistry
ClCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>OH A colorless, poisonous liquid, boiling at 129_C; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. Also known as chloroethyl alcohol.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>5</sub>NO<sub>2</sub> A colorless, crystalline compound with a melting point of 86–87_C; used as a fungicide in soil and as a growth regulator for seeds. Also known as 3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole; hymexazol.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>2</sub>:C(CH<sub>3</sub>)COOR Methacrylic acid ester in which R can be methyl, ethyl, isobutyl, or 50-50 n-butyl-isobutyl groups; used to make thermoplastic polymers or copolymers.
Industry:Chemistry
