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CAS NO:79-01-6
EC NO:201-167-4
The chemical compound trichloroethylene is a halocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent.
Trichloroethylene is a clear, colourless non-flammable liquid with a chloroform-like sweet smell.
Trichloroethylene should not be confused with the similar 1,1,1-trichloroethane, which is commonly known as chlorothene.
The IUPAC name is trichloroethene. Industrial abbreviations include TCE, trichlor, Trike, Tricky and tri.
Trichloroethylene has been sold under a variety of trade names. Under the trade names Trimar and Trilene, trichloroethylene was used as a volatile anesthetic and as an inhaled obstetrical analgesic in millions of patients.
Groundwater and drinking water contamination from industrial discharge including trichloroethylene is a major concern for human health and has precipitated numerous incidents and lawsuits.
Production
Prior to the early 1970s, most trichloroethylene was produced in a two-step process from acetylene. First, acetylene was treated with chlorine using a ferric chloride catalyst at 90 °C to produce 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane according to the chemical equation
HC≡CH + 2 Cl2 → Cl2CHCHCl2
The 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane is then dehydrochlorinated to give trichloroethylene. This can be accomplished either with an aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide
2 Cl2CHCHCl2 + Ca(OH)2 → 2 ClCH=CCl2 + CaCl2 + 2 H2O
or in the vapor phase by heating it to 300–500 °C on a barium chloride or calcium chloride catalyst
Cl2CHCHCl2 → ClCH=CCl2 + HCl
Today, however, most trichloroethylene is produced from ethylene. First, ethylene is chlorinated over a ferric chloride catalyst to produce 1,2-dichloroethane.
CH2=CH2 + Cl2 → ClCH2CH2Cl
When heated to around 400 °C with additional chlorine, 1,2-dichloroethane is converted to trichloroethylene
ClCH2CH2Cl + 2 Cl2 → ClCH=CCl2 + 3 HCl
This reaction can be catalyzed by a variety of substances. The most commonly used catalyst is a mixture of potassium chloride and aluminum chloride. However, various forms of porous carbon can also be used. This reaction produces tetrachloroethylene as a byproduct, and depending on the amount of chlorine fed to the reaction, tetrachloroethylene can even be the major product. Typically, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene are collected together and then separated by distillation.
Uses
Trichloroethylene is an effective solvent for a variety of organic materials.
When it was first widely produced in the 1920s, trichloroethylene's major use was to extract vegetable oils from plant materials such as soy, coconut, and palm. Other uses in the food industry included coffee decaffeination and the preparation of flavoring extracts from hops and spices.
Trichloroethylene has also been used for removing residual water in the production of 100% ethanol.
From the 1930s through the 1970s, both in Europe and in North America, trichloroethylene was used as a volatile anesthetic almost invariably administered with nitrous oxide. Marketed in the UK by ICI under the trade name Trilene it was coloured blue (with a dye called waxoline blue) to avoid confusion with the similar smelling chloroform.
Trichloroethylene replaced earlier anesthetics chloroform and ether in the 1940s, but was itself replaced in the 1960s in developed countries with the introduction of halothane, which allowed much faster induction and recovery times and was considerably easier to administer. Trilene was also used as a potent inhaled analgesic, mainly during childbirth.
Trichloroethylene was used with halothane in the Tri-service field anaesthetic apparatus used by the UK armed forces under field conditions. As of 2000, however, TCE was still in use as an anesthetic in Africa.
Trichloroethylene has also been used as a dry cleaning solvent, although replaced in the 1950s by tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene), except for spot cleaning where it was used until 2000.
Trichloroethylene was marketed as 'Ecco 1500 Anti-Static Film Cleaner and Conditioner' until 2009, for use in automatic movie film cleaning machines, and for manual cleaning with lint-free wipes.
Perhaps the greatest use of Trichloroethylene has been as a degreaser for metal parts. The demand for Trichloroethylene as a degreaser began to decline in the 1950s in favor of the less toxic 1,1,1-trichloroethane. However, 1,1,1-trichloroethane production has been phased out in most of the world under the terms of the Montreal Protocol, and as a result trichloroethylene has experienced some resurgence in use as a degreaser.
Trichloroethylene has also been used in the United States to clean kerosene-fueled rocket engines (Trichloroethylene was not used to clean hydrogen-fueled engines such as the Space Shuttle Main Engine). During static firing, the RP-1 fuel would leave hydrocarbon deposits and vapors in the engine. These deposits had to be flushed from the engine to avoid the possibility of explosion during engine handling and future firing.
Trichloroethylene was used to flush the engine's fuel system immediately before and after each test firing. The flushing procedure involved pumping TCE through the engine's fuel system and letting the solvent overflow for a period ranging from several seconds to 30–35 minutes, depending upon the engine. For some engines, the engine's gas generator and liquid oxygen (LOX) dome were also flushed with Trichloroethylene prior to test firing.The F-1 rocket engine had its LOX dome, gas generator, and thrust chamber fuel jacket flushed with TCE during launch preparations.
Trichloroethylene is also used in the manufacture of a range of fluorocarbon refrigerants such as 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane more commonly known as HFC 134a.
Trichloroethylene was also used in industrial refrigeration applications due to its high heat transfer capabilities and its low temperature specification. Many industrial refrigeration applications used Trichloroethylene up to the 1990s in applications such as car testing facilities.
Chemical instability
Despite its widespread use as a metal degreaser, trichloroethylene itself is unstable in the presence of metal over prolonged exposure. As early as 1961 this phenomenon was recognized by the manufacturing industry, when stabilizing additives were added to the commercial formulation. Since the reactive instability is accentuated by higher temperatures, the search for stabilizing additives was conducted by heating trichloroethylene to its boiling point in a reflux condenser and observing decomposition. Definitive documentation of 1,4-dioxane as a stabilizing agent for TCE is scant due to the lack of specificity in early patent literature describing TCE formulations. Other chemical stabilizers include ketones such as methyl ethyl ketone.
Properties
Chemical formula C2HCl3
Molar mass 131.38 g/mol
Appearance Colorless liquid
Odor Chloroform-like[1]
Density 1.46 g/cm3 at 20 °C
Melting point −84.8 °C (−120.6 °F; 188.3 K)
Boiling point 87.2 °C (189.0 °F; 360.3 K)
Solubility in water 1.280 g/L[2]
Solubility Ether, ethanol, chloroform
log P 2.26
Vapor pressure 58 mmHg (0.076 atm) at 20 °C
Magnetic susceptibility (χ) −65.8·10−6 cm3/mol
Refractive index (nD) 1.4777 at 19.8 °C
Viscosity 0.532 mPa·s
What is trichloroethylene?
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a volatile, colorless liquid organic chemical.
Trichloroethylene does not occur naturally and is created by chemical synthesis.
Trichloroethylene is used primarily to make refrigerants and other hydrofluorocarbons and as a degreasing solvent for metal equipment.
Trichloroethylene is also used in some household products, such as cleaning wipes, aerosol cleaning products, tool cleaners, paint removers, spray adhesives, and carpet cleaners and spot removers. Commercial dry cleaners also use trichloroethylene as a spot remover.
Trichloroethylene is a synthetic, light sensitive, volatile, colorless, liquid that is miscible with many non-polar organic solvents.
Trichloroethylene is used mainly as a degreaser for metal parts. Upon combustion, it produces irritants and toxic gases. Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene is associated with excess incidences of liver cancer, kidney cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Trichloroethylene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen. (NCI05)
Trichloroethylene appears as a clear colorless volatile liquid having a chloroform-like odor. Denser than water and is slightly soluble in water. Noncombustible. Used as a solvent, fumigant, in the manufacture of other chemicals, and for many other uses.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a nonflammable, colorless liquid with a somewhat sweet odor and a sweet, burning taste.
Trichloroethylene is used mainly as a solvent to remove grease from metal parts, but it is also an ingredient in adhesives, paint removers, typewriter correction fluids, and spot removers.
Trichloroethylene is not thought to occur naturally in the environment. However, it has been found in underground water sources and many surface waters as a result of the manufacture, use, and disposal of the chemical.
The main use of trichloroethylene is in the vapor degreasing of metal parts. Trichloroethylene is used in consumer products such as typewriter correction fluids, paint removers/strippers, adhesives, spot removers, and rug-cleaning fluids.
Industry Uses
Adhesives and sealant chemicals
Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents
Functional fluids (closed systems)
Intermediates
Metal foams
Solvents (for cleaning and degreasing)
Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture)
Consumer Uses
Adhesives and sealants
Building/construction materials not covered elsewhere
Cleaning and furnishing care products
Facility Solvent Usage
Industrial vapor degreasing solvent.
Lubricants and greases
Metal products not covered elsewhere
Paints and coatings
Industry Processing Sectors
Adhesive manufacturing
All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
All other basic organic chemical manufacturing
All other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
Construction
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
Government (Department of Transportation)
Industrial gas manufacturing
Machinery manufacturing
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Paint and coating manufacturing
Paper manufacturing
Petroleum lubricating oil and grease manufacturing
Plastics product manufacturing
Primary metal manufacturing
Services
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturing
Transportation equipment manufacturing
Wholesale and retail trade
IDENTIFICATION AND USE:
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a colorless liquid (unless dyed blue). The major use of Trichloroethylene is in metal cleaning or degreasing.
Trichloroethylene was used earlier as an extraction solvent for natural fats and oils, such as palm, coconut and soya bean oils.
Trichloroethylene was also an extraction solvent for spices, hops and the decaffeination of coffee. The United States Food and Drug Administration banned these uses of trichloroethylene.
Trichloroethylenes use in cosmetic and drug products was also discontinued.
Trichloroethylene was also used as both an anesthetic and an analgesic in obstetrics.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is used as a solvent for degreasing metal parts during the manufacture of a variety of products.
Trichloroethylene can be found in consumer products, including some wood finishes, adhesives, paint removers, and stain removers.
Trichloroethylene can also be used in the manufacture of other chemicals.
Trichloroethylene is:
is a nonflammable, colorless liquid at room temperature.
evaporates easily into air.
has an ether-like odor at high concentrations; at lower levels, there is no odor to warn people that contaminants are in the air.
Trichloroethylene that has been spilled or dumped on the ground can pollute soil and groundwater. Because Trichloroethylene moves from water to air easily, it is not usually found in surface soils or in open surface water.
Trichloroethylene spilled on the ground can move down through the soil and into water under the ground where it may pollute private and public drinking water wells.
Trichloroethylene can also move from water under the ground into rivers or lakes and then quickly move into the air.
Trichloroethylene can evaporate from the polluted soil and groundwater and rise toward the ground surface. If these Trichloroethylene vapors come to a basement as they travel to the surface, they may enter through cracks in the foundation, around pipes, or through a sump or drain system. In this way, the vapors enter buildings and contaminate indoor air. This process, when pollution moves from air spaces in soil to indoor air, is called vapor intrusion.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a halogenated hydrocarbon solvent primarily used as a metal degreasing agent and produced as an intermediate in the production of fluorochemicals and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
Formula: C2HCl3 / ClCH=CCl2
Molecular mass: 131.4
Boiling point: 87°C
Melting point: -86°C
Relative density (water = 1): 1.5 (20°C)
Solubility in water, g/100ml at 20°C: 0.1
Vapour pressure, kPa at 20°C: 7.8
Relative vapour density (air = 1): 4.5
Relative density of the vapour/air-mixture at 20°C (air = 1): 1.3
Auto-ignition temperature: 410°C
Explosive limits, vol% in air: 7.9 - 100
Octanol/water partition coefficient as log Pow: 2.42
Electrical conductivity: 800 pS/m
Liquid trichloroethylene evaporates quickly into the air. It is nonflammable and has a sweet odor. The two major uses of trichloroethylene are as a solvent to remove grease from metal parts and as a solvent to dissolve other substances, such as glues and paints.
Physical and chemical properties
Trichloroethylene is a widely used industrial solvent.
Trichloroethylene is a readily volatile, colourless liquid
with a sweet ethereal (chloroform-like) smell. Other physical and chemical properties include:
Density 1.4 g/ml at 25 °C
Boiling point 86.7 °C
Water solubility 3400 mg/litre at 20 °C
Vapour pressure 77 mmHg at 25 °C
Henry law constant 0.83 kPa.m3
/mol at 20 °C
Tricholoroethylene (TCE) is a volatile organic compound mostly used to manufacture refrigerant chemicals in a closed system.
Tricholoroethylene is also used as a solvent for degreasing, as a spot cleaner in dry cleaning, and in consumer products (cleaners and solvent degreasers, adhesives, lubricants, hoof polishes, mirror edge sealants, and pepper spray).
Tricholoroethylene is a volatile organic compound used mostly in industrial and commercial processes. Consumer uses include cleaning and furniture care products, arts and crafts spray coatings, and automotive care products like brake cleaners, and other consumer products.
Occurrence/Use
Metal degreasing, extraction solvent, cleaning kerosene-fueled rocket engines; production of refrigerants; component of tobacco smoke. Formerly used in medicine (inhaled analgesic), film cleaning, dry-cleaning solvent, and fumigant.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a versatile solvent with wide commercial applications, chiefly due to its physical properties.
Tricholoroethylene has high solvent power, is nonflammable and is practically insoluble in water.
Tricholoroethylene is chemically stable under operating conditions. All this contributes to its popularity as a cleaning agent.
The Low latent heat, low boiling point, low viscosity and high vapour density of Tricholoroethylene make it ideal for vapour degreasing of metal parts without problems of handling.
Tricholoroethylene is rapidly replacing other cleaning processes such as emulsion, alkaline and steam cleaning.
Tricholoroethylene is a clear, almost colourless, volatile liquid with a characteristic odour.
Tricholoroethylene is highly soluble in ether and alcohol and is miscible with most organic solvents while being practically insoluble in water.
Applications
Metal cleaning, finishing and vapour degresing:
Cold, ultrasonic and vapour degreasing of metal parts between fabrication steps and before finishing or assembly, surface preparation of metal parts for galvanising, anodising, electro plating, painting and bonding.
For quick removal of oils and waxes in dip coating of rust preventing formulations, the oil and grease covered parts are placed in an atmosphere of TCE vapour. The hot vapour condenses immediately on the cold metal surface, dissolving the oils and greases and flushing them. The work heats to the vapour temperature in minutes, leaving the work clean, dry and ready for further treatment.
Solvent extraction:
Extraction of vegetable oils, waxes, animal fats, caffeine, cocoa butter, essential oils, pharmaceuticals, for recovery of oils and grease from waste, rags and paper, turnings etc.
Chemical Processes:
In dehydration and purification of many chemicals, as a reactant for manufacture of various halohydrocarbons and other chemicals, as an additive for promoting polymerisation of monomers etc.
Trichloroethylene is a man-made chemical that does not occur naturally in the environment. The clear, colorless, nonflammable liquid evaporates quickly and has a sweet chloroform-like scent. The chemical is used primarily as a large volume degreasing agent for metal and electronic parts.
Trichloroethylene also has found use as an extractant for oils, waxes, and fats, a solvent for cellulose esters and ethers, a dry cleaning fluid, refrigerant and heat exchange fluid, fumigant, carrier agent in paints and adhesives, a scourant for textiles, and as a feedstock for manufacturing organic chemicals. In homes, trichloroethylene can be found in typewriter correction fluid, paint, spot removers, carpet-cleaning fluids, metal cleaners, and varnishes. Trichloroethylene also is known as trichloroethene, and is commonly referred to as Trichloroethylene.
Trichloroethylene is primarily used as a solvent to remove greases from metal parts. As a solvent or as a component of solvent blends trichloroethylene is used with adhesives, lubricants, paints, varnishes, paint strippers, pesticides, and cold metal cleaners.
Trichloroethylene is used to make other chemicals (pharmaceuticals, polychlorinated aliphatics, flame retardants, and insecticides).
Trichloroethylene is used as an extraction solvent for greases, oils, fats, waxes and tars. The textile industry uses it to scour cotton, wool and other fabrics, and in waterless dying and finishing.
Trichloroethylene is used as a refrigerant for low temperature heat transfer.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a man-made chemical that can be a liquid or gas.
Trichloroethylene is mainly used as a solvent in manufacturing to degrease metal parts.
Trichloroethylene can also be used in the production of other industrial chemicals. A variety of home products may contain Trichloroethylene, including wood finishes, glues and adhesives, paint or paint removers, spot cleaners, and metal cleaners.
Trichloroethylene is used in dry cleaning, in degreasing of metal objects, and in extraction processes, such as removal of caffeine from coffee or of fats and waxes from cotton and wool.
Trichloroethylene is also used in adhesives, such as cement for polystyrene plastics like those found in model-building kits. Industrially, an important use for trichloroethylene is in the manufacture of tetrachloroethylene: trichloroethylene is treated with chlorine to form pentachloroethane, which is converted to tetrachloroethylene by reaction with caustic alkali or by heating in the presence of a catalyst.
Trichloroethylene is a clear, colorless mobile liquid with an odour similar to ether with the chemical formula C2HCl3.
Trichloroethylene was first prepared in 1864.
Trichloroethylene is man-made and does not occur naturally in the environment.
Trichloroethylene emissions can occur principally from three sources, production, transportation and consumption.
Trichloroethylene can also be released to the environment through evaporation from adhesive glues, paints, coatings and other chemicals and during their production.
Uses of Trichloroethylene – C2HCl3
Used in anaesthesia for its analgesic properties, which are effective at low concentrations of the drug.
Used as a solvent to remove grease from fabricated metal parts and some textiles.
Trichloroethylene is also used as an ingredient in adhesives, paint removers, typewriter correction fluids and spot removers.
Used as a supplementary agent during nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia.
Use of Trichloroethylene
Trichloroethylene is used in the manufacture of various fluorocarbon refrigerants.
As an efficient degreaser, Trichloroethylene was used for machinery parts and equipment.
Trichloroethylene is used to extract grease from fabricated pieces of metal and certain textiles as a solvent (trichloroethylene solvent).
Trichloroethylene has also been used to clean kerosene-fueled rocket engines (trichloroethylene military use).
Trichloroethylene is also used in adhesives, paint removers, fluids for typewriter correction, and spot removers as an ingredient.
Used for the production of 100% ethanol by removing residual water.
Trichloroethylene was first prepared in 1864.
Trichloroethylene is man-made and does not exist in the atmosphere naturally.
Trichloroethylene emissions can mainly come from three sources: processing, transport, and consumption.
Trichloroethylene may also be released to the atmosphere by evaporation from and during the manufacture of adhesive glues, paints, coatings, and other chemicals.
In this article, we will study TCE trichloroethylene, trichloroethylene products, TCE in water, and the use of trichloroethylene in detail.
Trichloroethylene is a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used as a solvent for organic material.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a colorless, nonflammable liquid with a characteristic chloroform-like odor.
Trichloroethylene is practically insoluble in water and evaporates quickly. The most common use of trichloroethylene is the degreasing of metal parts in the automotive and metal industries.
Trichloroethylene is used in many consumer products, including typewriter correction fluids, paint removers, paint strippers, adhesives, spot removers, cleaning fluids for rugs, and metal cleaners.
Trichloroethylene (or trichlor) is an excellent solvent used in a variety of degreasing and cold cleaning applications, as well as other special applications. Available for shipment in barges, tank trucks, tank cars and ships, the following grades of trichlor are offered:
Degreasing and general solvent grade for heavy-duty vapor degreasing and cold cleaning
Dual-purpose grade may be used for liquid oxygen flushing and vapor degreasing
High-purity grade is a low residue solvent for cleaning electronic components, chemical synthesis and liquid oxygen flushing
Fluorocarbon grade for feedstock applications
Uses
Trichloroethylene is primarily used in the production of other chemicals, such as 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) and as a solvent for removal of grease from metal.
Trichloroethylene has in the past also been used as an extraction solvent for fats, within the textile industry, in dry cleaning and for other purposes.
Trichloroethylene was previously subject to a national, Swedish ban and since 2016, exemption to the ban must be applied for through the EU.
Trichloroethylene is allowed to be used professionally for research and development purposes and for laboratory work.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a synthetic, light sensitive, volatile, colorless, liquid that is miscible, or capable of being mixed, with many non-polar organic solvents. Non-polar organic solvents are not miscible with water.
Trichloroethylene was historically used as a degreaser for metal parts but now is primarily used as a raw material in the production of refrigerants.
Trichloroethylene (IUPAC), CHClCCl2, is a stable, low-boiling, colorless liquid with a chloroform-like odor.
Trichloroethylene is not corrosive to the common metals even in the presence of moisture.
Trichloroethylene is slightly soluble in water and is nonflammable.
Trichloroethylene is toxic by inhalation, with a TLV of 50 ppm and an IDLH of 1000 ppm in air. The FDA has prohibited its use in foods, drugs, and cosmetics. The four-digit UN identification number is 1710. The NFPA 704 designation is health 2, flammability 1, and reactivity 0. Its primary uses are in metal degreasing, dry cleaning, as a refrigerant and fumigant, and for drying electronic parts.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a clear, colorless, nonflammable (at room temperature) stable toxic liquid with chloroform-like odor (ATSDR, 2011).
Trichloroethylene is slightly soluble in water, is soluble in greases and common organic solvents, and boils at 87°C (190 F).
On contact with air, it slowly decomposes and forms phosgene, hydrogen chloride, and dichloroacetyl chloride. Trichloroethylene in contact with water becomes corrosive and forms dichloroacetic acid and hydrochloric acid.
Trichloroethylene is soluble in methanol, diethyl ether, and acetone.
Trichloroethylene is also known as trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichloroethylene, and ethylene trichloride, and it is also commonly abbreviated to TRI.
Trichloroethylene is a volatile, chlorinated organic hydrocarbon that is widely used for degreasing metals and as a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) intermediate (ATSDR, 2013).
Trichloroethylene is also used in adhesives, paint-stripping formulations, paints, lacquers, and varnishes. In the 1930s, TCE was introduced for use in dry cleaning, but this practice was largely discontinued in the 1950s when TCE was replaced by tetrachloroethylene (PCE).
Trichloroethylene has a number of other past uses in cosmetics, drugs, foods, and pesticides (US EPA, 2011).
Trichloroethylene is an environmental contaminant that has been detected in air, groundwater, surface waters, and soil (US EPA, 2011; NRC, 2006).
Uses
Trichloroethylene is used as a solvent, in drycleaning, in degreasing, and in limited use asa surgical anesthetic.
Uses
A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as a detergent or solvent for metals, oils, resins, sulfur and as gemal degreasing agent.
Trichloroethylene can cause irritant contact dermatitis, generalized exanthema, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, pustular or bullous eruption and scleroderma.
Uses
Solvent for fats, waxes, resins, oils, rubber, paints, and varnishes. Solvent for cellulose esters and ethers. Used for solvent extraction in many industries. In degreasing, in dry cleaning. In the manufacture of organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, such as chloroacetic acid.
General Description
A clear colorless volatile liquid having a chloroform-like odor. Denser than water and is slightly soluble in water. Noncombustible. Used as a solvent, fumigant, in the manufacture of other chemicals, and for many other uses.
Trichloroethylene is used widely by industry as a metal degreaser.
Trichloroethylene is especially valuable because of its cleaning properties, low flammability, and lack of a measurable flash point.
Trichloroethylene also is used as a chemical process intermediate in fluorochemical and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production.
Trichloroethylene has been used worldwide for more than 70 years.
Trichloroethylene is a colorless, volatile liquid, and is an unsaturated aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbon.
About this substance
Helpful information
Trichloroethylene is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 10 000 tonnes per annum.
Trichloroethylene is used by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment.
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.
Widespread uses by professional workers
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using this substance.
Release to the environment of Trichloroethylene can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites and as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).
Other release to the environment of Trichloroethylene is likely to occur from: indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters) and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).
Formulation or re-packing
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.
Uses at industrial sites
Trichloroethylene has an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
Trichloroethylene is used in the following areas: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
Trichloroethylene is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Release to the environment of Trichloroethylene can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), of substances in closed systems with minimal release and manufacturing of the substance.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of Trichloroethylene can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance and as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).
IUPAC NAMES:
1,1,2-Trichloroethene
1,1,2-trichloroethene
1,1,2-tricloroetene
tri
trichlorethene
trichlorethylen
Trichloroethene
trichloroethene
trichloroethilene
Trichloroethylene
trichloroethylene
Trichloroethylene
trichloroethylene
trichloréthylène
Tricloroeteno
SYNONYMS:
1,1,2-Trichlorethen [German] [ACD/IUPAC Name]
1,1,2-Trichloroethene [ACD/IUPAC Name]
1,1,2-Trichloroéthène [French] [ACD/IUPAC Name]
1736782 [Beilstein]
201-167-4 [EINECS]
79-01-6 [RN]
Ethene, 1,1,2-trichloro- [ACD/Index Name]
MFCD00000838 [MDL number]
Residual Solvent - Trichloroethylene
TCE
TRI
Trichloroethene
trichloroethene, 1,1,2- [Wiki]
trichloroethylene [INN] [Wiki]
trichloroéthylène [French] [INN]
trichloroethylenum [Latin] [INN]
tricloroetileno [Spanish] [INN]
трихлороэтилен [Russian] [INN]
ثلاثي كلوروإيثيلان [Arabic] [INN]
三氯乙烯 [Chinese] [INN]
1,1,1-Trichloroethylene
1,1,2-Trichloro-Ethene
1,1,2-Trichloroethylene
1,1-dichloro-2-chloroethylene
1,2,2-trichloroethylene
123919-09-5 [RN]
13291-68-4 [RN]
1-chloro,2,2-dichloroethylene
1-chloro-2,2-dichloroethylene
