I'm absolutely positive there's HCl to be bought in California
somewhere. It's just a matter of finding the source.
ST
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Lee Studley <indigo_red@...> wrote:
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>> 30~35% (wt) HCl is readily available as brick cleaner/ pool acidfier
>> here in Australia. Even sold in 250ml bottles up to 20L drum at some
>> local hardware stores. Its possible to remove some of the water, but not
>> practical. Normally, dry HCl is produced in an oven and then dissolved
>> in water until saturation, of which you get about 35% acid at STP.
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>> Adam
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