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PostPosted: July 26th, 2011, 10:34 pm 
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A supplier says he carries 32% hydrochlorous acid? What exactly is this?


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 Post subject: Re: hydrochlorous acid
PostPosted: July 26th, 2011, 10:45 pm 
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I suspect a typo.

I just googled it; wikipedia says it's very unstable, which in real terms means if it's 32% when bottled, it won't be anywhere close to that by the time you get it home.

Hydrochloric acid is common.... also called Muriatic Acid. Typically sold at 31.45% for some reason unknown to me.



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 Post subject: Re: hydrochlorous acid
PostPosted: July 26th, 2011, 11:05 pm 
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Richard320 wrote:
Hydrochloric acid is common.... also called Muriatic Acid. Typically sold at 31.45% for some reason unknown to me.
I think that the reason is that acid was traditionally produced according to the Baumé scale, and that 20 Baumé is 31.45 %.


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