ATSDR toxzine : Tetrachloroethylene

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ATSDR toxzine : Tetrachloroethylene

Published Date:

8/31/15

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ATSDR toxzine

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English

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United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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Tetrachloroethylene is a nonflammable colorless liquid.

Other names for tetrachloroethylene include perchloroethylene, PCE, PERC, tetrachloroethene, and perchlor. Most people can smell tetrachloroethylene when it is present in the air at a level of 1 part in 1 million parts of air (ppm) or more ..

Tetrachloroethylene is used as a dry cleaning agent and metal degreasing solvent . It is also used as a starting material (building block) for making other chemicals and is used in some consumer products.

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