Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is a solution of hydrogen chloride gas dissolved in water. A given volume of water can dissolve up to 1,000 times its volume of hydrogen chloride gas. Hydrochloric acid, one of the strongest of all acids, is colorless and very...

Hydrochloric acid has the chemical formula HCl. It is an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, which when in a saturated form contains about 43% hydrogen chloride. Hydrogen chloride in aqueous solution is a strong electrolyte because it disassociates...

Solution in water of hydrogen chloride (HCl), a gaseous inorganic compound. It is a strong acid, virtually completely dissociated (&see; dissociation) into hydronium cations (H3O+) and chloride anions (Cl−), and is corrosive and irritating. The...

An old-fashioned name for hydrochloric...

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