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tetrachloroethylene

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tetrachloroethylene

[¦te·trə¦klȯr·ō′eth·ə‚lēn]
(organic chemistry)
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Acute liver failure associated with occupational exposure to tetrachloroethylene. J Korean Med Sci.
Diez, Hydrodechlorination of Tetrachloroethylene Over Modified Red Mud: Deactivation Studies and Kinetics, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 34, 213 (2001).
Long-term health effects of early life exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)contaminated drinking water: A retrospective cohort study.
The challenge at hand dealt with four specific contaminants that FPL wants to flush underground--the pesticide heptachlor and industrial solvents ethylbenzene, toluene, and tetrachloroethylene. The NRC ruled that the concentrations of each chemical would remain below the EPA's Maximum Contaminant Levels for drinking water.
Trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and some other chlorinated agents.
Cushing did not test the indoor air in the video store after more than 2 million parts per billion of vapor from tetrachloroethylene or "PCE,'' were detected in soil gas.
The chemicals of primary concern to health were trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene. Infants of women who drank water from wells G and H showed the largest increase in leukemia incidence.
In addition, the cleaning method is ahead of a 2020 federal mandate for dry cleaners in residential buildings to replace the chemical solvent perchloro-ethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene.
Joining methylmercury, lead, arsenic, PCBs, toluene and ethanol, according to the authors' updated list, are manganese, fluoride, DDT, chlorpyrifos, tetrachloroethylene and polybrominated biphenyl ethers.
Tetrachloroethene (CAS number: 127-18-4; synonyms: tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene, PER, PCE) is a volatile solvent widely used in various technical processes and as an intermediate in the chemical industry [2].
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