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Hydrochloric acid is a

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Answer: A strong inorganic acid that is used in many industrial processes such as refining metal.

Explanation: Hydrogen chloride, not hydrochloric acid, is used more widely in industrial organic chemistry, e.g., for vinyl chloride and dichloroethane.

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A strongly acidic solution of the gas hydrogen chloride in water.

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