What is another word for hydrochloric acid?

Pronunciation: [hˌa͡ɪdɹəklˈɔːɹɪk ˈasɪd] (IPA)

Hydrochloric acid is a highly corrosive and strong acid that is commonly used in various industrial and laboratory applications. Some synonyms for hydrochloric acid include muriatic acid, chlorohydric acid, and hydrogen chloride. Muriatic acid is the most commonly used synonym for hydrochloric acid and is often found in household cleaning products. Chlorohydric acid is a less commonly used synonym that is still sometimes used in scientific publications. Hydrogen chloride is also interchangeable with hydrochloric acid as it is the gas produced when the acid reacts with certain metals. While these synonyms may be interchangeable, it is important to note that they all refer to the same dangerous and potentially harmful substance.

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  • Berthollet's conclusion that chlorine is oxymuriatic acid was universally accepted until Gay-Lussac and Thénard in 1809 endeavoured to decompose the gas and failed. They concluded that it contained water because it yielded water when passed over litharge. Their researches read to the Institute in 1809 led Davy to investigate muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) gas, which in 1808 he had shown to be decomposed by potassium, with evolution of hydrogen. In 1810 he proved that chlorine is an element, and that muriatic acid gas is a compound of chlorine and hydrogen. He thus overturned the oxygen-acid theory, and demonstrated that muriates are compounds of metals with chlorine. He pointed to the fact that some acids, such as sulphuretted hydrogen, contain no oxygen, and argued that muriatic acid gas was one of these, chlorine in it taking the place of oxygen. ...The conclusions of Davy were at first doubted, but when iodine and bromine were also discovered, Gay-Lussac and his followers adopted Davy's views. The latter worked out fluorine, and proved that hydrofluoric acid (HF) contains no oxygen. Berzelius also opposed Davy until the discovery of iodine, but embraced the latter's opinion in 1820.
    Humphry Davy

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