{"id":50,"date":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/product\/phosphoric-acid-75\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","slug":"phosphoric-acid-75","status":"publish","type":"mc_product","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/product\/phosphoric-acid-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Phosphoric Acid 75%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phosphoric acid at 75%, available in technical and food grades. Specify which when ordering.<\/p>\n<h2>Typical uses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Iron and zinc phosphate conversion coatings before painting<\/li>\n<li>Rust removal and rust conversion<\/li>\n<li>Acid cleaning and descaling of stainless and mild steel<\/li>\n<li>Dairy and brewery CIP acid wash, at food grade<\/li>\n<li>Acidulant in food and beverage processing, at food grade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why it is often chosen<\/h2>\n<p>Phosphoric acid is meaningfully less aggressive than sulfuric or hydrochloric \u2014 it is a weaker acid, it does not fume, and it leaves a passivating phosphate film on steel rather than continuing to attack it. That combination is exactly why it dominates metal prep before painting.<\/p>\n<p>It is still corrosive and still requires proper PPE. Less aggressive is not the same as safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy-five percent phosphoric acid in technical and food grades. Metal prep, rust conversion, descaling, and acid cleaning where a milder acid is wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":140,"template":"","meta":[],"mc_product_category":[2],"class_list":["post-50","mc_product","type-mc_product","status-publish","hentry","mc_product_category-acids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_product\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mc_product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mc_product_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_product_category?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}