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Tetrachloroethylene

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Tetrachloroethylene is also known as PCE, perchloroethylene, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, and Perc. It is used as a solvent for many organic substances, in dry cleaning processes, as a metal degreaser, as an intermediate in the synthesis of certain fluorocarbons, and in the textile industry (Fuller 1976). For the structure and properties of tetrachloroethylene, see Table 1.

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Ware, G.W. (1988). Tetrachloroethylene. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 106. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3922-2_16

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