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  A toxic, colorless, strongly acidic gas (HCl) that dissolves readily in water
  to form hydrochloric acid. 
  In the troposphere, hydrochloric acid can be produced from the reaction of
  nitric acid or sulfuric acid with sea-salt particles (NaCl). It is also
  involved in the formation of ammonium chloride aerosol. HCl is also the most
  abundant form of chlorine in an inorganic compound found in the stratosphere.
  Produced there predominantly from the reaction of Cl atoms with methane and
  molecular hydrogen, it acts as a temporary, relatively unreactive reservoir
  species for chlorine.
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