- 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.
(C<sub>17</sub>H<sub>35</sub>COOC<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>O A white, waxy solid with a melting point of 54–55_C; used as an emulsifying agent, suspending medium for powders in the manufacture of polishes, and thickening agent, and in pharmaceuticals.
Industry:Chemistry
A hydrocarbon in which part or all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine atoms, including chlorinated and brominated fluorocarbons. Also known as fluorohydrocarbon.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>21</sub>Cl A colorless liquid with a boiling point of 210.6_C; used as a solvent and in extractants, cleaning compounds, pharmaceuticals, insecticides, and plasticizers.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>COC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>13</sub> A combustible, colorless liquid with a boiling point of 173.5_C; soluble in alcohol, hydrocarbons, ether, and esters; used in perfumes and as a flavoring and odorant.
Industry:Chemistry
Enhancement of the reaction rate of a two-phase organic-water system by addition of a catalyst which alters the rate of transfer of water-soluble reactant across the interface to the organic phase.
Industry:Chemistry
The group of atoms that is derived from a monomer and repeats throughout a polymer. Also known as monomeric unit.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>12</sub> A colorless, oily liquid that boils at 206_C, and is miscible with organic solvents; used as an intermediate in chemical synthesis and as a solvent.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>4</sub>C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O<sub>2</sub> A salt of benzoic acid prepared as a coarse, white powder; used as a preservative in certain adhesives and rubber latex.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>6</sub>Br<sub>2</sub>O Crystals with a melting point of 109–110_C; soluble in warm alcohol; used in the identification of carboxylic acids and as a protecting reagent for acids and phenols.
Industry:Chemistry
A descriptive term indicating a form of isomerism in which atoms are located on the same side of an asymmetric molecule.
Industry:Chemistry
