article_snippet.sent: Hydrochloric acid is a highly corrosive solution of hydrogen chloride and water; and Hydrochloric acid is clear and colourless, but highly pungent.
article_snippet.sent: Hydrochloric acid is widely used, including for manufacturing plastic, removing rust from steel, producing leathers, neutralising swimming pools and treating drinking and waste water.
article_snippet.sent: If Hydrochloric acid contacts the skin it contacts the skin can cause severe burns, ulceration and scarring.