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Hydrochloric acid

Hydrochloric acid, also known as muriatic acid or spirits of salt, is an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride (HCl). It is a colorless solution with a distinctive pungent smell. It is classified as a strong acid. It is a component of the gastric acid in the digestive systems of most animal species, including humans. Hydrochloric acid is an important…

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related to 16th–17th century · 28
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related to Industrial market · 23
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related to Industrial developments · 16
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related to 9th–10th century · 14
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related to 11th–13th century · 13
Hydrochloric acid → Arabic, Cremona, De, Drawing, Gerard, II, In, Latin, On Alums, Razi, Razi's, Salts, Thirteenth-century Latin
related to Etymology · 10
Hydrochloric acid → Because, Both, European, French, Gaseous HCl, German, Johann Rudolph Glauber, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Salzsäure, The
related to External links · 10
Hydrochloric acid → Acid, Calculators, HCl, NIST WebBook, Nottingham, Part One, Part Two, The Periodic Table, University, Videos
related to Physical properties · 10
Hydrochloric acid → Cl, H2O, H3O, H5O2, H7O3, HCl, Hydrochloric, Physical, There, They
related to Chemical properties · 8
Hydrochloric acid → Gaseous, HCl, In, IR, Raman, See Hydronium, The, X-ray
related to Laboratory use · 7
Hydrochloric acid → Azeotropic, Hydrochloric, Intermediate-strength, It, Of, Strong, These

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acid hydrochloric chloride hydrogen used production hcl water industrial chemical strong process ph salt solutions aqueous also hydronium pickling use

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Hydrochloric acidis aimportant laboratory reagent and industrial chemical0.90text
Hydrochloric acidis amonoprotic acid least likely to undergo an interfering oxidation-reduction reaction0.90text
Hydrochloric acidis apreferred acid in titration for determining the amount of bases0.90text
hydrochloric acid would be of key importance to seventeenth-century chemists like Daniel Sennertinstance ofDissolving metalsThe knowledge of mineral acids0.80text
refining metalinstance ofApplicationsHydrochloric acid is a strong inorganic acid that is used in many industrial processes0.80text
Nainstance ofCation exchange is widely used to remove ions0.80text
pepsininstance ofIts low pH denatures proteins and thereby makes them susceptible to degradation by digestive enzymes0.80text
Hydrochloric acidhas applicationHydrochloric0.60section
Hydrochloric acidhas applicationThe0.60section
Hydrochloric acidhas applicationHydrogen0.60section
Hydrochloric acidrelated to 11th–13th centuryDrawing0.60section
Hydrochloric acidrelated to 11th–13th centuryRazi's0.60section

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