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Hydrochloric Acid

Concentrated 37% and 31% Hydrochloric Acid, Semiconductor Grade, and Ready to Use Dilutions from 0.01N to 12N.

Buy hydrochloric acid in the exact strength your method or process calls for, and get it moving today. No emailing a rep for a price on a 4 L bottle, and no chasing paperwork after the order ships, because every price, SDS and COA is right on the product page. This category carries 28 hydrochloric acid products. Up top are concentrated 37% ACS Reagent Grade and 37% Semiconductor Grade, plus 31% Lab Grade, which is the same strength usually sold as muriatic acid. Below those you'll find ready to use dilutions from 28% down to 0.1%, and standardized solutions from 0.01N all the way to 12N, so titration labs don't have to dilute concentrated acid by hand. Analytical and QC labs, metal finishers, water treatment operators, chemical manufacturers and university teaching labs all shop here, so if you've been looking for hydrochloric acid for sale from a supplier that shows its pricing, you've found it.

Choosing comes down to purity and strength. Lab Grade covers pickling, cleaning, pH adjustment and routine bench work at the best price. ACS Reagent Grade is for methods that name ACS or for trace metal testing. Semiconductor Grade keeps metal contamination low enough for wafer and electronics work. If you need muriatic acid strength for descaling or pickling, the 31% Lab Grade is usually the one to pick. None of our hydrochloric acid products carry Kosher, Halal or food grade certification. Sizes run from 500 mL bottles through 4 L jugs, 5 gallon pails and 20 L containers up to 55 gallon drums, with multi bottle cases on many items. Concentrated hydrochloric acid ships as a DOT Class 8 corrosive, so plan on a business, lab or school delivery address. Ordering drums, or the same acid every month? Request a quote, set up Autoship on eligible products, or check the FAQ below if you're still deciding.

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Also Known As Hydrochloric Acid and Aqueous Hydrogen Chloride
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About Hydrochloric Acid

HCl. That's the whole formula. What's in the bottle is hydrogen chloride gas dissolved in water, which explains why concentrated acid fumes the second you crack the cap. The haze is HCl gas getting out. It stings your nose and eyes, and it'll rust a steel shelf over time.

It's a strong acid, almost fully ionized in water. But it isn't an oxidizer the way nitric acid is, and it won't char things the way concentrated sulfuric does. For a lot of shops that alone makes it the strong acid of choice.

Why does nobody sell 50% hydrochloric acid? Because you can't really make it. Around 37 to 38% the water just won't hold any more gas at room temperature. At 37%, the acid weighs about 1.18 g/mL and comes out near 12 molar. HCl only has one proton to give, so its molarity and normality are identical. A 12M bottle and a 12N bottle are the same thing.

Two safety points people forget. First, hydrochloric acid plus bleach makes chlorine gas, so don't store them together. Second, when you dilute, the acid goes into the water. Never pour water into acid.


COMMON APPLICATIONS

Common Applications

The biggest industrial job is steel pickling. Hydrochloric acid eats rust and mill scale off steel before it's galvanized, plated or painted, and it works fast without heating.

In labs it turns up constantly: titrating bases, setting pH, digesting samples together with nitric acid, regenerating ion exchange resin. Our 0.1N, 1N and 6N solutions drop straight into a method with no prep.

Outside the lab, water plants use it to pull high pH water back down. Oil and gas crews pump it downhole to acidize wells in carbonate rock. Chemical makers turn it into chlorides and PVC building blocks, and drug companies use it for pH control and to make hydrochloride salts, which is why so many medicine labels say HCl.

And yes, it cleans masonry and descales equipment. That's usually what people have in mind when they say muriatic acid.


GRADES EXPLAINED

Lab Grade makes up most of this category, 16 products. You get the 31% concentrate, dilutions like 10%, 7%, 0.5% and 0.1%, and standards from 0.01N to 6N and 1M to 6M. Reliable purity, no official monograph. For pickling, cleaning, titration or a teaching lab, it's what we'd recommend.

ACS Reagent Grade is our 37% concentrate. It's tested against American Chemical Society limits for things like iron, heavy metals and sulfate. If your SOP says ACS, or you're measuring metals at trace levels, buy this one.

Reagent Grade here means prepared solutions: 1%, 5%, 15%, 20% and 28%, plus 12N. They're made for specific analytical procedures.

Semiconductor Grade is also 37%, but with metal impurities cut much further for wafer cleaning and electronics production. There are two Certified Grade standard solutions as well.


TYPES & GRADES AT A GLANCE

Our analytical concentrate, the one to use for trace metal work.
Muriatic acid strength. Pickling, descaling, cleaning, pH.
Very low metals, for wafers and electronics.
Full strength acid, labeled by normality for lab methods.
Half strength and very popular for digestions and sample prep.
Concentrate and water in equal parts, already mixed.
Standardized and ready for a burette.
Dilute hydrochloric acid for gentle pH adjustment, cleaning and classrooms.

WHY BUY FROM LAB ALLEY

256,000+ customers already order their acids and chemicals from Lab Alley.

Most orders, 99.5 percent, ship within 1 to 2 business days. A hydrochloric acid order should not be what holds up your production or research.

Inventory accuracy sits at 98.9 percent, so the grade you see in stock is the grade that ships.

Every hydrochloric acid grade ships with SDS and COA available online, so documentation is ready before your order arrives.

Frequently Asked Questions

Muriatic acid and hydrochloric acid: same thing?
Same chemical, yes. Muriatic is just the old name, and hardware and pool stores never stopped using it. Where they differ is strength and purity. Muriatic acid is usually around 31% and often a technical product with no paperwork. Our 31% Lab Grade is that strength, but it comes with an SDS and COA. Need something cleaner for lab work? Step up to the 37% ACS grade.
What do 37%, 12N and 1N actually mean?
The percent is weight: how much of the liquid is HCl. At 37% you're at roughly 12 molar. Since hydrochloric acid has just one proton to give, normality and molarity are equal, so 12N equals 12M and 6N equals 6M. A 1N solution holds one mole of HCl per liter. You can pour it straight into a titration.
Is a permit needed to buy hydrochloric acid?
We don't require one. Shipping is regulated, though. Concentrated hydrochloric acid is a DOT Class 8 corrosive, UN1789, so it moves in approved packaging with hazmat handling. Some companies, schools and research labs also have their own sign off process for corrosives. A quick check with your EHS team never hurts.
Is any of it Kosher, Halal or food grade?
No. Nothing on this page carries Kosher, Halal or food grade certification. We sell it for lab, analytical, industrial and electronics use. What you do get with every product is an SDS and lot COAs on the product page, so you can check specs before ordering.
Will you ship hydrochloric acid to a home address?
Plan on a business, lab or school address instead. Concentrated hydrochloric acid ships as a hazardous corrosive, and carriers restrict where it can go. Check the product page for shipping details, or call Customer Care at 512-668-9918 if you're not sure your address works. Getting a drum? You'll want a loading dock.
Which one should I buy?
Depends on the job. Trace metals or an ACS method: 37% ACS. Pickling, descaling, cleaning, general pH work: 31% Lab Grade. Wafers or electronics: Semiconductor Grade. Titrations: 0.1N or 1N. Digestions and sample prep: 6N or 1:1. Teaching labs, or anything where you want a gentle pH shift: 10% or 5%.
Hydrochloric or sulfuric acid?
Both are strong. They just behave differently. Hydrochloric acid fumes, doesn't oxidize and doesn't char, so it's the usual pick for pickling steel, descaling and adjusting pH. <a href="https://www.laballey.com/chemicals/acids/sulfuric-acid">Sulfuric acid</a> pulls water out of things and hardly evaporates, which suits hot digestions, battery electrolyte and synthesis. Heads up: hydrochloric acid leaves chloride behind, and that can matter on stainless steel or in some analytical methods.
Do you sell it by the drum?
We do. Plenty of our hydrochloric acid comes in 5 gallon pails, 20 L containers and 55 gallon drums, and buying a case of bottles usually lowers the unit price. For pallets, totes or a delivery schedule, get pricing through <a href="https://www.laballey.com/bulk-and-custom-chemicals">Bulk & Custom Chemicals</a>. Reordering the same thing regularly? <a href="https://www.laballey.com/pages/autoship">Autoship</a> saves 10% on eligible products.
How do I neutralize hydrochloric acid?
Dilute first, adding the acid slowly to water. Then add base bit by bit and keep checking pH. Baking soda is the gentle route; it fizzes while it works. A <a href="https://www.laballey.com/chemicals/bases-and-hydroxides/sodium-hydroxide">sodium hydroxide</a> solution is quicker but gets hot, so take your time. Stop around pH 7. Goggles, gloves, a face shield and good airflow, every time, and follow your local disposal rules.
How long does it last, and how do I store it?
Honestly, stored well, hydrochloric acid hardly breaks down. Suppliers quote one to two years mostly because of the container. Keep it capped tight in the original bottle, inside a ventilated corrosives cabinet with secondary containment. Keep bleach, oxidizers, bases and metals away from it. And never put it in a metal container.

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