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Mention two important uses of following acids and also mention the property exploited.
(a) Hydrochloric acid
(b) Nitric acid

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`{:(,"Name of the acid",,"Uses","Property exploited"),((a),"Hydrochloric acid",(i),"Cleaning metal surfaces","Reaction of acids with metal oxide"),(,,,"before tinning and galvanizing","coating."),(,,(ii),"Dyeing","HCI reacts with complex organic"),(,,,,"compounds and forms coloured compounds."),(,,(iii),"Preparation of glucose from ","HCI carries out hydrolysis of starch"),(,,,"starch","to glucose."),((b),"Nitric acid",(i),"Fertilizers","Highly soluble nature of nitrate salts."),(,,(ii),"Explosives","TNT, TNG etc."),(,,(iii),"Purification of noble metals","Insoluble nature of Au and Pt in"),(,,,"(Au,Pt)",HNO_(3)):}`
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