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When iron reacts with HCI, ferrous chloride is formed not ferric chloride, why ,?

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`2HCl+Fe to FeCl_(2) +H_(2)uarr`
The liberation of hydrogen gas in the above reaction prevent the further oxidation of `FeCl_(2)` to `FeCl_(3)`.
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