aqua regia

Etymology
, so named because it is one of the few solvents capable of dissolving noble metals.

Noun
(abbreviation A.R.)


 * 1)  A mixture of three parts concentrated hydrochloric acid to one part concentrated nitric acid, named for its ability to dissolve gold.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَاء مَلَكِيّ
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 王酸
 * Danish: kongevand
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 * German:
 * Gujarati: અમ્લરાજ
 * Hindi: अम्लराज
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: acqua regia
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 왕수(王水)
 * Latin: aqua regia
 * Malay: air raja, akua regia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kongevann
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 * Tamil: சுவர்ணபேதி
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Vietnamese: nước cường toan, cường thuỷ

Etymology
. From being a liquid capable of dissolving the most incorruptible of metals,.