hydrochloric-acid

Hydrochloric Acid in brief

  • Effective pH reducer
  • Highly water soluble
  • Many industrial uses

2M Water Treatment

  • 2M Water Treatment supplies hydrochloric acid in the following concentrations: 10%, 14%, 15%, 16%, 18%, 23%, 28%, 32%, 36%.

  • Please get in contact with us if you require a different concentration.

  • Please contact info@2m-watertreatment.com for further information or if you require safety and technical data sheets.

About Hydrochloric Acid

  • pH reducer
  • Highly corrosive
  • Clear colourless to light yellow liquid
  • Pungent odour
  • Removes alkaline scales and metal oxide deposits from membranes and pipes
  • Highly water soluble
  • Produced by dissolving hydrogen chloride in water
  • By-product of chlorine manufacture

Properties

  • CAS No: 7647-01-0
  • Molecular formula: HCl
  • Molecular weight: 36.46 g/mol
  • pH: <1
  • Molarity: 11.64 mol/dm3
  • Density: 1.179 g/cm3 @ 20 °C
  • Melting point: 30 °C
  • Boiling point: 60 °C
  • Freezing point: -30 °C
  • Vapour pressure: 17.2 kPa @ 20 °C

Industries & Applications

  • Water treatment
  • Organic / inorganic chemical synthesis
  • pH control and neutralisation
  • Regeneration of ion exchangers
  • Metal cleaning
  • Ore refinement
  • Fertiliser manufacture
  • Petrochemical industry
  • Food industry
  • Leather / tanning industry