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Tetrachloroethylene, also known as perchloroethylene [a] or under the systematic name tetrachloroethene, and abbreviations such as perc (or PERC), and PCE, is a chlorocarbon with the formula Cl 2 C=CCl 2. It is a non-flammable, stable, colorless and heavy liquid widely used for dry cleaning of fabrics.
Modern dry cleaning machines use a closed-loop system in which the chilled air is reheated and recirculated. This results in high solvent recovery rates and reduced air pollution. In the early days of dry cleaning, large amounts of perchloroethylene were vented to the atmosphere because it was regarded as cheap and believed to be harmless.
Two carcinogenic chemicals used in cleaning products and other common household goods have been banned in the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a Dec. 9 press release ...
Tetrachloroethylene oxide, perchloroethylene oxide (PCEO) or tetrachlorooxirane, is the perchlorinated analogue of ethylene oxide and a proposed metabolite of tetrachloroethylene. [3] It is a halogenated epoxide with the formula C 2 Cl 4 O. Tetrachloroethylene oxide is fairly stable but rearranges to trichloroacetyl chloride at higher ...
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a halocarbon with the formula C 2 HCl 3, commonly used as an industrial metal degreasing solvent.It is a clear, colourless, non-flammable, volatile liquid with a chloroform-like pleasant mild smell [3] and sweet taste. [9]
log 10 of Tetrachloroethylene vapor pressure. Uses formula: log e P m m H g = {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}P_{mmHg}=} log e ( 760 101.325 ) − 6.665868 log e ( T + 273.15 ) − 6530.97 T + 273.15 + 60.47398 + 3.522382 × 10 − 6 ( T + 273.15 ) 2 {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}({\frac {760}{101.325}})-6.665868\log _{e ...
Tetrachloroethylene carbonate is a carbonate ester with the chemical formula C 2 Cl 4 O 2 CO. It is produced by the photochlorination of ethylene carbonate. It has been used as precursor for oxalyl chloride. [3] Tetrachloroethylene carbonate acts as a Lewis base and it forms a complex with the Lewis acid antimony pentachloride. [4]
Carbon tetrachloride was the first chlorinated solvent to be used in dry-cleaning and was used until the 1950s. [46] It had the downsides of being corrosive to the dry-cleaning equipment and causing illness among dry-cleaning operators, and was replaced by trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene [46] and methyl chloroform (trichloroethane). [47]