A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.

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aqua regia
nitrohydrochloric acid; nitromuriatic acid; chlorazotic acid. Mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually one part of nitric acid, and three or four parts of hydrochloric acid. Fuming yellow, corrosive, suffocating volatile liquid.
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