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PCE
is an excellent solvent for organic materials. Otherwise it is volatile, highly stable, and nonflammable. For these reasons,
it is widely used in dry cleaning. It is also used to degrease metal parts in the automotive and other metalworking industries,usually as a mixture with other chlorocarbons. T etrachloroethylene is being substituted in Europe for similar but more hazardous t richloroethylene. It appears in a few consumer products including paint strippers and spot removers. It is also used in aerosol preparations.
It is used in neutrino detectors where a neutrino interacts with a neutron in the c hlorine atom and converts it to a proton to form a r g o n.
Historical applications
PCE was once extensively used as an intermediate in the manufacture of HFC-134a and related refrigerants. PCE is an excellent solvent for organic materials. Otherwise it is volatile, highly stable, and nonflammable. For these reasons, it is widely used in dry cleaning. It is also used to degrease metal parts in the automotive and other metalworking industries, usually as a mixture with other chlorocarbons.
1. T etrachloroethylene is widely used, mainly used as metal degreasing solvent, also used as intestinal worm repellent t etrachloroethylene can be used as fat extraction agent fire extinguishing agent and smoke agent, can also be used for the synthesis of t richloroethylene and fluorinated organic compounds, etc;
2. Widely used as natural and synthetic fiber dry cleaning agent as well as metal degreasing detergent and general solvent organic synthesis intermediates;
3. Used as standard substance for chromatographic analysis;
4. Repellent and fat extractant for adhesives, also used in organic synthesis.