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CAS No.: | 127-18-4 |
Formula: | C2cl4 |
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Product Name | Perchloroethylene | Molecular formula | C2Cl4 |
Dendity | 1.7±0.1 g/cm³ | Boiling point | 119.1±30.0 °C at 760 mmHg |
Melting point | -22 °C | Molecular weight | 165.833 |
Flash point | 27.4±21.9 °C | LogP | 2.95 |
Vapor density | 5.83 (vs air) | Vapor pressure | 19.3±0.2 mmHg at 25°C |
Refractive index | 1.519 | Water solubility | little |
Tetrachloroethylene is an excellent nonpolar solvent for organic materials. Otherwise, it is volatile, highly stable and nonflammable, and has low toxicity. For these reasons, it has been widely used in dry cleaning worldwide since the 1930s. The chemist Sylvia Stoesser (1901-1991) suggested Tetrachloroethylene to be used in dry cleaning as an alternative to highly flammable dry cleaning solvents such as naphtha.
It is also used to degrease metal parts in the automotive and other metalworking industries, usually as a mixture with other chlorocarbons. It appears in a few consumer products including paint strippers, aerosol preparations and spot removers.
UN NO. | 1897 | CAS NO. | 127-18-4 |
HS code | 2903230000 | EINECS NO | 204-825-9 |
RTECS | KX3850000 | Hazard glass | 6.1 |
Packing Group | III | GHS | GHS07, GHS08, GHS09 |
GHS Hazard statements | H315-H317-H319-H336-H351-H411 | GHS Precautionary statements | P273-P280-P304 + P340 + P312-P333 + P313-P337 + P313-P391 |