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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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.
HF The hydride of fluoride; anhydrous HF is a mobile, colorless, liquid that fumes in air, melts at _83_C, boils at 19.8_C; used to make fluorine-containing refrigerants (such as Freon) and organic fluorocarbon compounds, as a catalyst in alkylate gasoline manufacture, as a fluorinating agent, and in preparation of hydrofluoric acid.
Industry:Chemistry
KHF<sub>2</sub> Colorless, corrosive, poisonous crystals; soluble in water and dilute alcohol; used to etch glass and as a metallurgy flux. Also known as Fremy’s salt; potassium acid fluoride.
Industry:Chemistry
TeO A black, amorphous powder, stable in cold dry air; formed by heating the mixed oxide TeSO<sub>3</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
BaS A colorless, cubic crystal that is soluble in water; used in pigments.
Industry:Chemistry
HI A water-soluble, colorless gas that may be used in organic synthesis and as a reagent. Also known as hydriodic acid gas.
Industry:Chemistry
KHSO<sub>4</sub> Water-soluble, colorless crystals, melting at 214_C; used in winemaking, fertilizer manufacture, and as a flux and food preservative. Also known as acid potassium sulfate; potassium acid sulfate.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>2</sub>TeO<sub>3</sub> Toxic, white crystals, soluble in alkalies and acids, slightly soluble in water and alcohol; decomposes at 40_C.
Industry:Chemistry
Ba(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> A toxic salt occurring as colorless, cubic crystals, melting at 592_C, and soluble in water; used as a reagent, in explosives, and in pyrotechnics. Also known as nitrobarite.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> Unstable, colorless, heavy liquid boiling at 158_C; soluble in water and alcohol; used as a bleach, chemical intermediate, rocket fuel, and antiseptic. Also known as peroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
KHSO<sub>3</sub> White, water-soluble powder with sulfur dioxide aroma; insoluble in alcohol; decomposes when heated; used as an antiseptic and reducing chemical, and in analytical chemistry, tanning, and bleaching. Also known as potassium acid sulfite.
Industry:Chemistry