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USING HCI instead of vinegar?

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Hey guys, back with a question. found a place with seemingly good acetic acid. this is the data on the bottle, could you guys give it a glance and let me know if you think its cool to use?

Acetic acid
Purity: 99%Min
PB: 0.001%Max
S04: 0.0019%Max
Cl: 0.00038%Max
Proportion: 1.049~1.056 (i dont understand this)
Freezing point 14C

What do you think?

and as for mixing it, would diluting it down to 8% be sufficient with clean water?

Thanks guys :)
 
I've got this bottle of chemical laboratories brand Merck "For analysis"-grade ultra pure 32% HCL.
I used it already once for making the tea out of the raw material, starting at pH2 and it usually ends at 5.

Is a solution of this strength ph2 already eating steel?
It did not smell at all in this way.

If I would use it for the tea only, no objections? (except it is dangerous stuff)?
So I would not use it for any further stages of teks, just the first tea.
I have confidence from:
The Day Tripper said:
Honestly it really doesn't matter what acid you use in the initial cook phase of an a/b...
but he's alone on this.

Seems a bit of waste not to use it if no special chemical objections are involved.
My attention goes especially toward toxicological properties of end products, I tend to believe the end product doesn't carry first acid traces, is it?

Thank you,
 
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