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Aquaregia or gold water is an acidic mixture of mineral acids that is used to dissolve heavy and precious metals like gold or platinum or silver and so on.
Explanation:
-Aquaregia is a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid by the of 3:1 respectively.
-This mixture is a strong oxidizing agent that is enough to dissolve noble metals like gold and platinum, which is hard for any acid itself to dissolve them; so it's called aquaregia or gold water.
-Upon the addition of the two acid, nitrosyl chloride (NOCl) and chlorine (Cl2) are evolved which are able to oxidize and dissolve these metals.
-It can't be commercially sold due to its non-stability as it undergoes dissociation as mentioned above, so it is prepared by mixing of the two acids using the percent.
-Upon handling or preparing of it, be safe and careful due to its corrosive vapors and its acidic action; it can surely harm you!
