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While diluting an acid, why is it recommended that the acid should be added to water and not water to the acid?

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Dilution of concentrated acid with water is a highly exothermic process. If water is added int acid, the heat produced is so large that solution may splash out and the beaker in which it is carried out may break due to excessive heating . Hence , dilution is done by adding acid into water.
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