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
Hydrochloric acid is a colorless gas which has an irritating effect when inhaled, and possesses a sour, biting taste, but no marked odor.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
BLACK.—Perchloride of Mercury, the wash is Hydrochloric of Tin.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
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