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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>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub> A disaccharide which does not occur freely in nature or as a glucoside; a unit of cellulose and lichenin; crystallizes as minute watersoluble crystals from alcohol. Also known as cellose.
Industry:Chemistry
1. CH<sub>3</sub>COCOCH<sub>3</sub> A yellowish-green liquid with a boiling point of 88_C; has a strong odor that resembles quinone; occurs naturally in bay oil and butter and is produced from methyl ethyl ketone or by a special fermentation of glucose; used as an aroma carrier in food manufacturing. Also known as biacetyl. 2. A prefix indicating two acetyl groups.
Industry:Chemistry
(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O<sub>6</sub>)<sub>n</sub> An insoluble colloidal acid obtained from brown marine algae; it is hard when dry and absorbent when moist. Also known as algin.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(HSO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> A white powder, used as an antiseptic and in the sulfite pulping process.
Industry:Chemistry
UO<sub>3</sub> A poisonous, radioactive, red to yellow powder; soluble in nitric acid, insoluble in water; decomposes when heated; used in ceramics and pigments and for uranium refining. Also known as orange oxide; uranium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
CaBr<sub>2</sub> A deliquescent salt in the form of colorless hexagonal crystals that are soluble in water and absolute alcohol.
Industry:Chemistry
CaC<sub>2</sub> An alkaline earth carbide obtained in the pure form as transparent crystals that decompose in water; used to make acetylene gas.
Industry:Chemistry
CaCO<sub>3</sub> White rhombohedrons or a white powder; occurs naturally as calcite; used in paint manufacture, as a dentifrice, as an anticaking medium for table salt, and in manufacture of rubber tires.
Industry:Chemistry
LiNH<sub>2</sub> A compound crystallizing in the cubic form, and melting at 380–400_C; used in organic synthesis. Also known as lithamide.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(ClO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_2H<sub>2</sub>O White monoclinic crystals, decomposed by heating.
Industry:Chemistry
