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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.
An optically active substance that rotates the plane of plane-polarized light counterclockwise. Symbolized l. Abbreviated levo.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>12</sub> A hydrocarbon molecule that may be considered to be four benzene rings fused together; it is explosive when shocked; used in organic synthesis. Also known as rubene; tetracene.
Industry:Chemistry
A polymeric film that has the ability to reversibly convert heat and pressure to electricity. Also known as piezoelectric polymer.
Industry:Chemistry
NaH<sub>2</sub>BO<sub>3</sub>_2HCOOH_2H<sub>2</sub>O Water-soluble, white crystals, melting at 110_C; used in textile treating and in tanning, and as a buffering agent.
Industry:Chemistry
Any reducing sugar that contains acetone; examples are 1,2-monoacetone-D-glucofuranose and 1,2,6-diacetone-D-glucofuranose. Also known as acetone glucose.
Industry:Chemistry
An organic compound formed from an aromatic hydrocarbon that has at least one amine group joined to it, such as aniline.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>35</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub> A metallic soap produced as a white powder that is insoluble in water but slightly soluble in petroleum, benzene, and toluene.
Industry:Chemistry
A cycloalkane that contains one hydroxyl group on each of three or more of the atoms constituting the ring.
Industry:Chemistry
The process of changing the geometric cis form of an unsaturated fatty acid or a compound related to it into the trans form, resulting in an acid that is more resistant to oxidation.
Industry:Chemistry
