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Hydrochloric acid or hydrogen chloride, is a colorless liquid with a pungent odor. Grasim has an installed capacity of approx 90 TPD.
It is used in the manufacture of phosphoric acid, chlorine dioxide, ammonium chloride, fertilizers, dyes, and artificial silk and pigments for paints. It is used as a refining ore in the production of tin and tantalum, as a lab reagent, and as a metal treating agent. It is used to remove scale and dust from boilers and heat exchange equipment, to clean membranes in desalination plants, to increase oil well output, to prepare synthetic rubber products by treating isoprene, and to clean and prepare other metals for coatings. It is used in the neutralization of waste streams, the recovery of zinc from galvanized iron scrap, the production of chloride chemicals, the production of vinyl chloride from acetylene and alkyl chlorides from olefins, the manufacture of sodium glutamate and gelatin, the conversion of cornstarch to syrup, sugar refining, electroplating, soap refining, leather tanning, and the photographic, textile, brewing, and rubber industries.
| Specifications |
| Purity (as HCl) Min. |
30% |
| Iron (as Fe) |
1 |
| Sulphates (as H2SO4) Max. |
0.1% |
| Mercury (as Hg) |
0.01 |
| Free Chlorine ppm Max |
10 |
| Note: We can also meet user's specifications. |
| Packing |
| In Domestic market, it is supplied in rubber-lined tankers or else when desired and for exports it is being supplied in 240 K g closed head HM HDPE barrels. The specifications of the barrel are as under. |
| Specification of HM HDPE Barrels |
| Weight of Barrel | 9.2 Kgs +/- 2% |
| Capacity (Ltrs) | 210 ltrs (Water) |
| Colour of Drum Body2 | Blue |
| Colour of Bungs | White Internal Diameter 68 mm |
| Weight of each Bung | 28 +/-- 2gms |
| Opening | 2 nos. 50 mm |
| Total Height | 882 mm +/-- 2mm |
| Diameter at center | 590 mm +/-- 2mm |
| Thickness | 3.5 mm +/- 12% |
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| Loadability in 20' container |
| 19.2 MTs or 80 Barrels |
| Other Details |
| ITC Classification: 28061000 |
| UN No. 1789 |
| IMO Classification: 8 - Corrosive Substance |
| IMDG No. 8102 |
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