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What does muriatic acid do to metal?
Answer
Wiki User
August 12, 2008 9:46AM
Promotes rust and eats into some non ferrous metals However you cant get out of using it if you have a pool and it is nothing to be concerned about as the concentration in pool water is extremely low
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