- Industry: Printing & publishing
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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.
Ca(OCl)<sub>2</sub>_4H<sub>2</sub>O A white powder, used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant for swimming pools.
Industry:Chemistry
Li<sub>2</sub> MoO<sub>4</sub> Water-soluble white crystals melting at 705_C; used as a catalytic cracking (petroleum) catalyst and as a mill additive for steel.
Industry:Chemistry
SeO<sub>2</sub> Water- and alcohol-soluble, white to reddish, lustrous crystals; melts at 340_C; used in medicine, and as an oxidizing agent and catalyst. Also known as selenous acid anhydride; selenous anhydride; selenium oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
CaI<sub>2</sub> A yellow, hygroscopic powder that is very soluble in water; used in photography.
Industry:Chemistry
LiNO<sub>3</sub> Water- and alcohol-soluble colorless powder melting at 261_C; used as a heat-exchange medium and in ceramics, pyrotechnics, salt baths, and refrigeration systems.
Industry:Chemistry
Ca(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>_4H<sub>2</sub>O Colorless, monoclinic crystals that are soluble in water; the anhydrous salt is very deliquescent; used as a fertilizer and in explosives. Also known as nitrocalcite.
Industry:Chemistry
LiClO<sub>4</sub>_3H<sub>2</sub>O A compound with high oxygen content (60% available oxygen), used as a source of oxygen in rockets and missiles.
Industry:Chemistry
A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority, such as prisons, the military, mental hospitals, and convents.
Industry:Sociology
Employees who work full-time or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals, phone lines, and fax machines.
Industry:Sociology
The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.
Industry:Sociology
