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Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is one of the stongest acids around. The acid, if consumed, would burn through a person's throat, causing massive inner tissue and nerve damaged. The trauma may or may not cause the gag reflex. It is not recommended to drink hydrochloric acid under any circumstances.

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If your stomach contained 1 liter of dilute hydrochloric acid powder would you need to neutralize it?

That depends on how dilute the hydrochloric acid is. Your stomach naturally produces hydrochloric acid as part of the natural human digestive process. If you just drank a liter of water and had little in your stomach to begin with, your stomach would then contain a dilute solution of hydrochloric acid.


Is hydrochloric acid an acid?

Yes. It is an acid as its name would imply.


Specificly what would happen to your organs if you drank hydrochloric acid?

Huge damage to stomach, and you would get very weak teeth don't drink it! IT'S DANGEROUS!!!


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What would happen if you ate hydrochloric acid?

It would very much depend on the strength of the acid, which you do not indicate. Your stomach is already full of hydrochloric.


What acid is in stomach acid?

It contains hydrochloric acid.


Is hydrochloric acid an organic acid?

No. Hydrochloric acid is a mineral acid.


What would hydrochloric acid do if it come into contact with a metal such as magnesium?

Hydrochloric acid increases the rate of oxidation of a metal such as magnesium.


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Is chloridric acid same as hydrochloric acid?

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