This wonderful acid has many uses. It is used for making explosives, pigments, dyes, hydrochloric acid, in sulphonation of oils to make detergents and in lead accumulators. Can you identify it?

Sulphuric acid

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Nitric acid

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Solution

The correct option is A Sulphuric acid
The major use of sulfuric acid is in the production of fertilizers, e.g., superphosphate of lime and ammonium sulfate. It is widely used in the manufacture of chemicals, e.g., in making hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphate salts, synthetic detergents, dyes and pigments, explosives, and drugs.

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