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Aqua Regia: The "Royal Water" or "King's Water"
Preparation and Safety in Handling. Add nitric acid (one part) to hydrochloric acid (three parts) to make a solution. As expected from two strong and concentrated acids i.e. HNO 3 (pH ≈ 2.0) and HCl (pH ≈ 2.0), this mixture is incredibly reactive and corrosive. This reactivity makes it such an important chemical because it dissolves even the …