How to Use hydrochloric acid in a Sentence

hydrochloric acid

noun

• Cornstarch, for instance, can be heated with hydrochloric acid to make corn syrup.
  — Jess Craig, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
• Made out of hydrochloric acid, steam, and shards of volcanic glass, the gas is hazardous to anyone who breathes it.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 22 May 2018
• The hydrochloric acid had done little to disfigure the corpse.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
• When inhaled, chlorine turns to hydrochloric acid in the lungs, which can cause drowning from fluid buildup.
  — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Apr. 2018
• Muriatic acid is a slightly less potent form of hydrochloric acid.
  — Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2020
• Laze, or lava haze, is hydrochloric acid mist formed by the action of lava on seawater.
  — Temi Adebowale, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2018
• AThe hydrochloric acid steam cloud billows into the air, along with fine particles of glass.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 May 2018
• Laze is formed when hot lava hits the ocean, reacts with sea water and sends hydrochloric acid and steam with fine glass particles in the air.
  — CBS News, 5 June 2018
• The tanker cars were empty but some contained residual hydrochloric acid that leaked, according to the city.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021
• Vinyl chloride in the atmosphere breaks down into hydrochloric acid, a component of acid rain.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2023
• Laze occurs when hot lava meets the ocean, sending a plume of hydrochloric acid and steam — along with fine glass particles — into the air.
  — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 20 May 2018
• Laze occurs when hot lava meets the ocean, sending a plume of hydrochloric acid and steam - along with fine glass particles - into the air.
  — Amy B Wang, chicagotribune.com, 20 May 2018
• Laze plumes occur when lava meets salty sea water and sends up clouds of hydrochloric acid and steam embedded with fine glass particles.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2019
• The two compounds, sodium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid, can create deadly chlorine gas if mixed.
  — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
• Lava that is entering the sea, as is common in Hawaii, can produce steam clouds that contain hydrochloric acid.
  — Giannella M. Garrett, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
• To do that, grab a pH testing kit and adjust up or down using baking soda or diluted hydrochloric acid.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2021
• Pills tainted with everything from rat poison to hydrochloric acid sickened people around the country.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
• Tiny pieces are picked up by the steam cloud, which contains hydrochloric acid that also is created by the interaction of lava and the ocean.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 23 May 2018
• Toilet bowls cleaned with a brush and a disinfectant, hydrochloric acid, had less contamination than those cleaned with just a brush.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• The lava's entry into the ocean was also producing laze -- a hazardous mix of acidic steam, hydrochloric acid gas and tiny shards of volcanic glass.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 8 June 2018
• HCl is emitted into the air as a gas, but absorbs in water or water vapor to form a hydrochloric acid solution.
  — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 21 Jan. 2022
• Officials at the time warned residents about laze, a nasty mashup of lava and haze that sends hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass particles into the air.
  — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 7 June 2023
• Of the 170 cars in the train that were not derailed, at least one carried hydrochloric acid, according to Wehmeyer.
  — Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
• In this method, hydrochloric acid is used to break down soybeans, after which the mixture may be doctored with other colors, flavors and chemicals.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
• When this happens, water boils away, and the resulting reactions produce a noxious plume of steam, hydrochloric acid, and shards of volcanic glass.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 25 May 2018
• Lava entering the ocean is causing small explosions that send tiny particles of hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass into the air.
  — USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
• Experts also added that hydrochloric acid, which is the byproduct of vinyl chloride when it is burned, does not typically get picked up by air currents or create acid rain.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
• In the belly of the beast, gases like carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and hydrochloric acid make the air impossible to breathe without a mask.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2014
• As a result, the surrounding air is filled with sulfur dioxide, and the adjacent crater lake has turned green from hydrochloric acid saturation.
  — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2019
• The report says the mother was putting drops of hydrochloric acid and water purifying solution (which contains chlorine) in her child’s drink.
  — Nick McGill, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018