hydrochloric
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hydrochloric
Example Sentences
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Hydrochloric acid helps to convert the inactive pepsinogen to pepsin.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Hydrochloric acid is used, chemically inhibited so that it will not attack steel casing or tubing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hydrochloric acid on the sample makes the color more intense.
From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton
The alkaloid forms salts with Citric, Hydrochloric and Sulphuric acids.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Hydrochloric acid produces a friable mass of “hydrocellulose,” probably C12H22O11, insoluble in water, but readily attacked by alkalis, with the production of soluble derivatives; some dextrose is formed in the original reaction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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