How does nitric acid differ from muriatic acid?

Answer 1

Muriatic Acid is really just an older name for Hydrochloric Acid. The name (muriatic acid) also gets used more commonly in industrial applications such as brick cleaning and pH adjustment in pools where people are used to hearing called that.

Answer 2

Nitric acid is a strong mineral acid that is typically used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and dyes. Muriatic acid, on the other hand, is a less pure form of hydrochloric acid commonly used for cleaning and etching. While both are corrosive acids, nitric acid is typically more oxidizing and has different applications compared to muriatic acid.

Answer 3

Muriatic acid is another name for hydrochloric acid. Nitric and hydrochloric acid are completely different things, and the only thing that are similar to them is that they are acids.

Answer 4

dilute HCl is HCl but mixed with water, or some other substance to make it less strong as an acid. like adding water to saltwater so there is less of a salt taste(Star Trek reference)