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yes it is. It is so powerful that a few drops on cloth can errode most of it.

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Q: Is aqua regia the most reactive acid?
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Is the element gold reactive or nonreactive?

It is reactive, but does not react to most chemicals.It does react to chlorine and aqua regia.


Latin name for a mixture of 3 parts hydrochloric acid and one part nitric acid?

The mixture of HNO3 and HCl in a 1:3 ratio respectively is known as "aqua regia". Although both component acids are clear, they form an orange solution when mixed. Aqua regia is highly corrosive and is most often used to dissolve gold...it's about the only thing that will.


What can gold turn into?

Gold can be turned into a variety of gold compounds. Most easily it can be turned into chloroauric acid by immersing it in aqua regia, a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid.


How do you prepare aqua regia?

1. Pour 150ml concentrated HCl (hydrochloric acid) in a polypropylene container. 2. Carefully and slowly add 50ml of concentrated HNO3 (nitric acid) to the HCl. 3. Aqua regia is prepared. To dilute it, you can add few milliliters of it to water. 4. This soultion can be used to dissolve most metals or to clean glass.


What do acid do to topaz?

Most substances will react with some acid or another. Even glass will be dissolved by hydroflouric acid and even gold will dissolve in aqua regia. As for regular acids, I have put a sample of topaz in a hydrochloric acid solution and after three weeks, it was unchanged.


What is aquaresia?

aquaresia is a solution of HCl and HNO3 which produces and incredible potent acid that will find its way through most objects


An acid used by the goldsmith for cleaning gold and silver ornamentals?

mixture of sulphuric acid and hydrochloric acid . this mixture is known as king of acids or tejab(hindi) . everything dissolves in it except gold and silver and glass .


Is indium highly radioactive?

Iridium is the least reactive material and also has a very high melting point. It can however react with Aqua Regia sometimes and at very high temperatures it reacts with Oxygen to form Iridium Dioxide. It is the most resistant metal to corrosion, acids and other harmful substances.


What is corrosive a?

Any solution that is responsible for corrosion of substances is a corrosive solution. Most commonly we use iron's rusting as an example of corrosion which is formed by moisture in air. Some commonly known corrosive solutions are Hydrochloric acid, Iron(III) chloride, HF, Aqua fortis, Acetic acid, Hydroxylammonium nitrate, Aqua regia .


What is solution corrosion?

Any solution that is responsible for corrosion of substances is a corrosive solution. Most commonly we use iron's rusting as an example of corrosion which is formed by moisture in air. Some commonly known corrosive solutions are Hydrochloric acid, Iron(III) chloride, HF, Aqua fortis, Acetic acid, Hydroxylammonium nitrate, Aqua regia .


What is a corrosive solution?

Any solution that is responsible for corrosion of substances is a corrosive solution. Most commonly we use iron's rusting as an example of corrosion which is formed by moisture in air. Some commonly known corrosive solutions are Hydrochloric acid, Iron(III) chloride, HF, Aqua fortis, Acetic acid, Hydroxylammonium nitrate, Aqua regia .


What is the least reactive metal in order?

Gold is the least reactive metal.