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  1. Highly corrosive aqueous solution of hydrogen
  2. chloride (HCl, a colourless, corrosive gas).
  3. It has many industrial uses, including
  4. recovery of zinc from galvanized scrap iron
  5. and the production of chlorides and chlorine.
  6. It is also produced in the stomachs of
  7. animals for the purposes of digestion.
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