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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>9</sub>H<sub>19</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>OCH<sub>2</sub>COOH A viscous, amber-colored liquid, soluble in alkali; used in turbine oils, lubricants, greases, and other materials as a corrosion inhibitor.
Industry:Chemistry
Water-soluble polymer made by hydrolysis of a polyvinyl ester (such as polyvinyl acetate); used in adhesives, as textile and paper sizes, and for emulsifying, suspending, and thickening of solutions. Abbreviated PVA.
Industry:Chemistry
A polymer with specific or definite order of arrangement of molecules in space, as in isotactic polypropylene; permits close packing of molecules and leads to a high degree of polymer crystallinity. Also known as stereoregular polymer.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>2</sub>ClCOOC<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub> A colorless liquid, boiling at 145_C; used as a poison gas, solvent, and chemical intermediate.
Industry:Chemistry
One of the family of organometallic compounds, a combination of an alkyl organic radical with a metal atom or atoms.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>17</sub>SH Clear, colorless liquid boiling at 199_C; used as a chemical intermediate and polymerization conditioner.
Industry:Chemistry
KHC<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub>O<sub>6</sub> White, water-soluble crystals or powder; used in baking powder, for medicine, and as an acid and buffer in foods. Also known as cream of tartar; potassium acid tartrate.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O<sub>2</sub>N_H<sub>2</sub>OColorless or tannish water-soluble crystals with a sweet taste; melts at 126_C; used to make plant growth stimulants and as a chemical intermediate.
Industry:Chemistry
