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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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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.
HSC:N A colorless, water-soluble liquid decomposing at 200_C; used to inhibit paper deterioration due to the action of light, and (in the form of organic esters) as an insecticide. Also known as rhodanic acid; sulfocyanic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
A chemical combination of beryllium with a metal, such as zirconium or tantalum.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound composed of hydrogen and a nonmetal element or radical; examples are hydrochloric acid, HCl, sulfuric acid, H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>, and carbonic acid, H<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
KBF<sub>4</sub> White powder or gelatinous crystals that decompose at high temperatures; slightly soluble in water and hot alcohol; used as a sand agent to cast magnesium and aluminum, and in electrochemical processes.
Industry:Chemistry
NCSSCN White, light-unstable rhombic crystals melting at _2_C.
Industry:Chemistry
BeF<sub>2</sub> A hygroscopic, amorphous solid with a melting point of 800_C; soluble in water; used in beryllium metallurgy.
Industry:Chemistry
An inorganic compound containing an element at its highest state of oxidation (such as perchloric acid, HClO<sub>4</sub>), or having the peroxy group, _O_O_ (such as perchromic acid, H<sub>3</sub>CrO<sub>8</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O).
Industry:Chemistry
KF orKF_2H<sub>2</sub>O Poisonous, white, deliquescent crystals with saline taste; soluble in water and hydrofluoric acid, insoluble in alcohol; melts at 846_C; used to etch glass and as a preservative and insecticide.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>2</sub>SxO<sub>6</sub>, where x varies from 2 to 6.
Industry:Chemistry
Be(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_3H<sub>2</sub>O A compound that forms colorless, deliquescent crystals that are soluble in water; used to introduce beryllium oxide into materials used in incandescent mantles.
Industry:Chemistry