Homebrew PCBs

In article <xnsleizsdf.fsf@...>,
   DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
> Muriatic acid is HCl in H2O : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriatic_acid

> > Such names are meaningless in any other country except the states?

> Er, they're chemical names.  They should be meaningful in any country.
> *Obtaining* them, however, seems to be country-specific, and you have
> to get the right strengths (dilutions).

Muriatic is NOT a standard chemical name. Someone from the 19th century
would be familiar with it but not anymore. I have a very old chemistry
text book from around 1870 in which such names are common place but it
would be found in no chemical text book printed after WWII