Since it is a good solvent - perhaps it holds the HCL for use so it doesn't
boil off. Might be a modifier of indirect ions.

Being hygroscopic - doesn't play into this not much at all.

Martin
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Jordan wrote:
Harold and Susan Vordos wrote:


Hydrochloric acid doesn't seem to eat steel, at least not quickly.


No, it dissolves steel, too, and likely at about the same speed as
sulfuric.
I don't recall if it dissolves nickel, which is the real issue.


I wonder if the glycerin, which is in the recipe for the solution, is
supposed to somehow prevent the steel from dissolving?
I guess not, as I'm using it but the steel gets attacked anyway.
In which case, I've no idea why it's there - just following instructions.

Jordan

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