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Can acid burn through gold

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13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Aqua regia, which is a mixture of nitric and hydorchloric acid, is the only acid that could dissolve gold. Gold is a very inert substance, and any other acid other than aqua regia cannot dissolve it.

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