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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.
CdCl<sub>2</sub> A cadmium halide in the form of colorless crystals, soluble in water, methanol, and ethanol; used in photography, in dyeing and calico printing, and as a solution to precipitate sulfides.
Industry:Chemistry
WOCl<sub>4</sub> Dark red crystals with a melting point of approximately 211_C; soluble in carbon disulfide; used for incandescent lamps.
Industry:Chemistry
CdF<sub>2</sub> A crystalline compound with a melting point of 1110_C; soluble in water and acids; used for electronic and optical applications and as a starting material for laser crystals.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>4</sub> A yellow powder; insoluble in water, soluble in alkalies; used as a color-resist mordant for textiles, as an ingredient in plastics, and for the manufacture of tungsten metal products. Also known as orthotungstic acid; wolframic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
Cd(OH)<sub>2</sub> A white powder, soluble in dilute acids; used to prepare negative electrodes for cadmium-nickel storage batteries.
Industry:Chemistry
CdI<sub>2</sub> A cadmium halide that forms lustrous, white, hexagonal scales, consisting of two water-soluble allotropes; used in photography, in process engraving, and formerly as an antiseptic.
Industry:Chemistry
CdO In the cubic form, a brown, amorphous powder, insoluble in water, soluble in acids and ammonia salts; used for cadmium plating baths and in the manufacture of paint pigments.
Industry:Chemistry
PbSO<sub>4</sub> Poisonous white crystals melting at 1170_C; slightly soluble in hot water, insoluble in alcohol; used in storage batteries and as a paint pigment.
Industry:Chemistry
CdSO<sub>4</sub> A compound that forms colorless, efflorescent crystals, soluble in water; used as an antiseptic and astringent, in the treatment of syphilis, gonorrhea, and rheumatism, and as a detector of hydrogen sulfide and fumaric acid.
Industry:Chemistry
PbS Blue, metallic, cubic crystals that melt at 1120_C, derived from the mineral galena or by reacting hydrogen sulfide gas with a solution of lead nitrate; used in semiconductors and ceramics. Also known as plumbous sulfide.
Industry:Chemistry
