- Industry: Printing & publishing
- Number of terms: 178089
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
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.
K<sub>2</sub>C<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>_H<sub>2</sub>O Odorless, efflorescent, water-soluble, colorless crystals; decomposes when heated; used in analytical chemistry and photography and as a bleach and oxalic acid source.
Industry:Chemistry
Any of the acyclic linear polyhydric alcohols; may be considered sugars in which the aldehydic group of the first carbon atom is reduced to a primary alcohol; classified according to the number of hydroxyl groups in the molecule; sorbitol (D-glucitol, sorbite) is one of the most widespread of all the naturally occurring sugar alcohols.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>COOCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>3</sub> Colorless, aromatic liquid, boiling at 213_C, insoluble in water; used as a solvent, in flavoring extracts, and in perfumery.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>11</sub>H<sub>13</sub>O<sub>3</sub>N A compound formed by the decomposition of hydrastine; crystallizes as needles from petroleum-ether solution, soluble in organic solvents such as alcohol, chloroform, and ether; used in medicine as a stimulant in coronary disease and as a hemostatic in uterine hemorrhage.
Industry:Chemistry
Hg(C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> Poisonous, white powder; odorless and tasteless; almost insoluble in water and alcohol; variable composition; used in medicine. Also known as salicylated mercury.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>3</sub>F<sub>8</sub> A colorless gas with a boiling point of _36.7_C and a freezing point of approximately _160_C; used as a refrigerant and gaseous insulator.
Industry:Chemistry
Thermoplastic polymer of vinylidene chloride, H<sub>2</sub>C_CCl<sub>2</sub>; white powder softening at 185–200_C; used to make soft-flexible to rigid products.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H(OH)<sub>2</sub>(HO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub> An explosive, yellow, crystalline compound, melting at 179–180_C, slightly soluble in water; used in explosives as a priming agent.
Industry:Chemistry
(CH<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>CO Odorless, colorless solid with low melting point; soluble in water and organic solvents; used as a polymer and resin solvent, in solvent extraction, and in organic syntheses.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>OC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>OH A white, waxy solid with a melting point of 52.5_C; soluble in benzene, acetone, and alcohol; used for antioxidants, pharmaceuticals, and dyestuffs.
Industry:Chemistry
