Properties of Hydrochloric acid

Historically, Hydrochloric acid is also called Muriatic acid.It is a solution of HCl in water.It  is a highly corrosive, strong mineral acid with many industrial uses and is found naturally in gastric acid.

Some of the properties of Hydrochloric acid are:
a)It turns litmus paper from blue to red.
b) It turns methyl orange from yellow to pink.
c) It turns phenolpthalein (alkaline) from deep pink to colorless.
d)It reacts with metals to form their respective chlorides and liberates hydrogen.Example is given below;



There are many more properties of Hydrogenchloric acid.