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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.
Na<sub>3</sub> PO<sub>4</sub> A water-soluble crystalline compound; used as a cleaning compound and as a water softener. Abbreviated TSP. Also known as tertiary sodium phosphate; trisodium orthophosphate.
Industry:Chemistry
Inorganic, high-strength fiber, made of boron nitride, that is resistant to chemicals and electricity but susceptible to oxidation above 1600_F (870_C); used in composite structures for yarns, fibers, and woven products.
Industry:Chemistry
PbO<sub>2</sub> Poisonous brown crystals that decompose when heated; insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid; used as an oxidizing agent, in electrodes, batteries, matches, and explosives, as a textile mordant, in dye manufacture, and as an analytical reagent. Also known as anhydrous plumbic acid; brown lead oxide; lead peroxide.
Industry:Chemistry
KCNS Water- and alcohol-soluble, colorless, odorless hygroscopic crystals with saline taste; decomposes at 500_C; used as an analytical reagent and in freezing mixtures, chemicals manufacture, textile printing and dyeing, and photographic chemicals.
Industry:Chemistry
U<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub> Olive green to black crystals or granules, soluble in nitric acid and sulfuric acid; decomposes at 1300_C; used in nuclear technology and in the preparation of other uranium compounds. Also known as uranousuranic oxide; uranyl uranate.
Industry:Chemistry
BCl<sub>3</sub> A colorless liquid used as a catalyst and in refining of aluminum, magnesium, zinc, and copper.
Industry:Chemistry
PbF<sub>2</sub> A crystalline solid with a melting point of 824_C; used for laser crystals and electronic and optical applications.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>4</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> Water-soluble, syrupy liquid melting at 61_C; used as a catalyst and to make organic phosphate esters.
Industry:Chemistry
M<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>4</sub> A salt of tungstic acid; for example, sodium tungstate, Na<sub>2</sub>WO<sub>4</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
HBrO<sub>3</sub> A liquid, colorless to slightly yellow; boils with decomposition at 100_C; used in dyes and as a chemical intermediate.
Industry:Chemistry
