Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid has many common uses, including:

• Manufacturing organic compounds like dichloroethane and vinyl chloride – used to manufacture PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride).
• Regulating the pH level in a wide variety of manufacturing processes – including the production of drinking water, food, and pharmaceuticals.
• Purifying table salt.
• Pickling steel – the process of removing rust and scale from a steel coil or sheet.
• Processing leathers in the tanning industry.
• Producing inorganic compounds like ferric acid.
• Lowering the pH or total alkalinity of swimming pool water to optimal levels for bathers.
• Assisting oil well production (fracturing oil wells).
• Processing various additives like fructose, citric acid, and hydrolyzed vegetable protein.

Brainerd supplies Hydrochloric Acid every day in concentrations from 1 – 36% for these and other uses.